> > George Bonser dixit: > > > > http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,33762,00.html > > > > Looks like Caldera is building a nice linux install wizard ... called > > lizard. They say they might open-source it. > > They "might"? I thought everything developed under Linux has to be GPL'ed, > and thus open source!
No that is not true. If someone derived a new kernel from the linux kernel, the GPL would require it to be GPL-ed. But it is perfectly legal to distribute closed-source binaries with linux. If you don't like this, debian is the distribution for you! HTH, Eric -- E.L. Meijer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | tel. office +31 40 2472189 Eindhoven Univ. of Technology | tel. lab. +31 40 2475032 Lab. for Catalysis and Inorg. Chem. (TAK) | tel. fax +31 40 2455054
