Edubuntu/ ltsp? [was Re: VMware ]

[Matthew Flaschen]

Oliver Grawert wrote:
> hi,
> On Do, 2007-02-22 at 01:45 -0500, Matthew Flaschen wrote:
>>> In this case you are only running windows in *one* virtual machine,
>>> ( one license?)
>> I don't think so.  Most of the Windows EULA's limit the number of
>> clients that can connect to 5-10.
> thats exactly the reason why we decided to never ship wine on the
> edubuntu CD, you get in a horrible gray (or even dark black legal area
> with ltsp and windows apps (usually the apps you purchase for windows
> have very similar licenses to teh eula ... or even worse ones))

Yes, but not always.  There are plenty of FOSS apps for Windows, as
demonstrated by Canonical's TheOpenCD project  It is completely legal to
redistribute wine.  It is the user's responsibility to follow copyright
law, not Canonical's to try (futilely) to force them.  It is still in
the repos, I hope?

Matthew Flaschen


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