UnitedLinux and "open source"

[John Cowan]

Ned Lilly scripsit:

> A: Absolutely. The only difference is that the UnitedLinux binaries will =
> not freely distributed. People will be able to download the source code =
> and compile their own binaries, but they will not be able to use the =
> UnitedLinux brand.=20

Well, obviously the consortium can't stop people from distributing UL binaries
that have been independently compiled, as long as they don't use the UL name.

I see no OSD issue here.

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