Re: [NTLK] FW: Fwd: Hacked WiFi driver

From: William Pociengel <hseldon_at_my.wgu.edu>
Date: Sun Jan 07 2007 - 19:19:57 EST

Dale Raby wrote:
>>
>> From what I recall, it's based on open source linux drivers, so there
>> are ethics issues as to how it was sold in the first place.
>>
> This being the case, there is nothing preventing anyone from selling the
> software. I paid good money for more than one Linux distro that was less

<snip>
actually you can't sell any linux distro. you can sell media and
support. you can sell proprietary addons but not the distro itself

william

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