(Of course I understand there is no bundled software with Linux,
I was just using humour to compare it to the long ago Image revolt.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gavin Scott [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>
> Tracy writes:
> > Of course, no one in the Unix world will complain
> > that HP Eloquence doesn't ship with the FOS!
>
> Well, assuming the Eloquence license allows distribution,
> you're free to
> make up your own Linux distribution that includes Eloquence,
> or any other
> combination of things.  This is a result of the fact that the
> central Linux
> authority (Linus & Co.) provide only the kernel, and someone
> like RedHat has
> to make a whole operating system out of it, and thus one
> distribution isn't
> any more official than any other.
>
> "Don't try to get Eloquence added to FOS, that's impossible.
> Instead try to
> realize the truth."
>
> "What truth?"
>
> "There is no FOS."
>
> G.
>
>