[ltp] Lenovo clarifies its stance on linux

[Brian D. Ropers-Huilman]

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Think Red Hat or SUSE, Linspire or any of the others that offer commercial
Linuxes which require a license to run them.

James Knott said the following on 06/05/2006 07:36 PM:
> I find this curious.
> 
> "Kardonski apparently confused Lenovo's stance on providing licenses for
> Linux, as opposed to providing preloaded versions of the software for
> customers, Godin said. Because different companies use different
> configurations of Linux on their ThinkPad notebooks, Lenovo doesn't
> provide licenses for the software, he said. Customers are responsible
> for acquiring the license on their own, but Lenovo will preinstall the
> desired configuration on new ThinkPads once the license has been obtained."
> 
> What licenses have to be obtained?  What's to stop a customer from
> asking for any of the free download distros?

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