CBC News Interprets GPL - Poorly 252
frankShook writes "The Canadian news service CBC has up an article entitled 'Linux distributors scorn Microsoft partnership'. Primarily, it looks to describe the ongoing licensing saga between Microsoft and Linux distributors. It also includes a highly unique interpretation of the GPL: 'Open-source software such as Linux, on the other hand, encourages individuals to add to or modify software without fear of legal repercussions, so long as they abide by the conditions of the general public license, which stipulates that the program must remain open and sharable.'"
Re:I'm not too sure I follow... (Score:1, Funny)
breaking news (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I'm not too sure I follow... (Score:5, Funny)
Personally, I happen to think that Bill O'Reilly is Zippy the Pinhead, so it's a moot point.
speaking of poor interpretations... (Score:0, Funny)
# zfs create -V 10g tank/ufs /dev/zvol/tank/ufs /dev/zvol/tank/ufs /ufs
/dev/zvol/tank/ufs@20070406 /ufs20070406
/dev/zvol/tank/ufsok /dev/zvol/tank/ufsok /ufsok
# newfs
# mount
# zfs snapshot tank/ufs@20070406
# mount -r
# zfs clone tank/ufs@20070406 tank/ufsok
# fsck_ffs -p
# mount
ZFS is the future, and linux will become irrelevant if they can't quit pulling their pud.
Re:Well, it may be inaccurate... (Score:5, Funny)
I think that only goes for show business. "Saturday June 24, Linux Users Eat More Babies" just ain't good for Linux no matter how you interpret the meaning of the title.
Re:I'm not too sure I follow... (Score:3, Funny)
That explains so much.
CBC News = Repeat Offender (Score:2, Funny)
They still don't seem very worried about their articles being accurate.
Slashdot Article Criticises CBC - Poorly (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Huh? (Score:2, Funny)
It may be obvious to anyone who reads slashdot, but people who have never heard of the GPL could get some very incorrect assumptions from that one sentence.
Re:I'm not too sure I follow... (Score:3, Funny)
That is, someone reading that part could believe that "Linux software" encourages users to freely distribute/modify proprietary software.
Yes, I agree. I see it from this angle as well. I should also point out that I am retarded.
Re:Well, it may be inaccurate... (Score:5, Funny)
I think that only goes for show business. "Saturday June 24, Linux Users Eat More Babies" just ain't good for Linux no matter how you interpret the meaning of the title.
Yeah, but if you do a follow-up on June 25 explaining that they're terrorist babies, it's okay again.
Re:I'm not too sure I follow... (Score:5, Funny)
Some people call him Maurice.
Some people call him the gangster of Love....
Oblig. Dr. Who quote (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Inaccurate? Maybe if you misread it badly... (Score:3, Funny)
I propose an article for CBC News: (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Second Post! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Inaccurate? Maybe if you misread it badly... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Well, it may be inaccurate... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I'm not too sure I follow... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Well, it may be inaccurate... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Oblig. Dr. Who quote (Score:3, Funny)