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[cobalt-users] Cobalt License (Was: Cobalt Racks Question)



At 4/10/01 01:50 PM +0200, you wrote:
> Heh. While the behind the scenes Linux/Apache etc. stuff may
> be public, you hit it on the head. The Cobalt GUI and their
> scripts are what's owned by Cobalt and that's not public domain
> by a long shot.

Dan, in what way is the Cobalt distribution different from all
the other GNU / Linux distributions?  If Cobalt / Sun are saying
that their code is not GPL then there's a lot of people out there
that I'm sure would be most interested, starting with Messrs
Stallman and Torvalds.

Cobalt is, I think, saying that they built the GUI, which *interfaces with*, but is not based on, the Linux/GPL code. The entire system is in fact subject to the GPL *except for* the Cobalt GUI, which is the primary value-added by Cobalt.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong.


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Rodolfo J. Paiz
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