Re: Linux on the desktop - it's come a long way, but is it there yet?

["Matthew Gillen" <user=50@nabble.blu.org>]

 Jarod Wilson wrote: 
> On Tue, 2008-07-15 at 18:00 -0400, Ruben Safir wrote: 
>> On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 12:07:11PM -0400, Jarod Wilson wrote: 
>>> upstream contributions. However, I do have insider knowledge[*] that 
>>> they do NOT send kernel contributions upstream to Debian or anyone else. 
>>> Canonical's "fixes" and "enhancements" are more or less considered 
>>> "secret sauce" and a competitive advantage. 
>> 
>> That is a violation of the GPL 
> 
> No, its not. It violates the *spirit* of the GPL, but not the letter, 
> because the source is all readily available. They just don't do anything 
> to actively push the patches into the upstream kernel. 
>