[ltp] Re: Lenovo to shun Linux

Duncan Anderson linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 6 Jun 2006 11:22:06 +0200


On Monday, 5 June 2006 21:30, James Knott wrote:
> Jiang Qian wrote:
> > In short the seemingly gratuitous assault on Linux loving geekhood is in
> > fact an unintended consequence of a drive to root out Windows piracy in
> > Chinese, and maybe some other developing country's, market. Maybe you
> > think the Windows is evil and its piracy therefore good, but we have to
> > first understand what all this fuss is all about.
>
> As I understand the new law, computers must be sold with a properly
> licensed OS.  Isn't a copy of Red Hat (or Red Flag) a properly licensed OS?

What new law is that?

cheers
Duncan

	
	
		
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