[Gllug] Discussion: Is Enterprise Linux a lock-in

[Bruce Richardson]

On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 12:43:11PM +0000, David wrote:
> On Tuesday, 20 Jan 2004, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> >Don't forget that many of those components are manufactured in factories
> >in developing nations by firms who take advantage of the local
> >conditions to impose very unfair working practices (and I don't mean
> >some components company you've never heard of, I mean IBM and Dell, to
> >name just two) like sacking anybody who tries to unionise.  Where is
> >that covered in the GPL?
> >In fact, that is not fair.  I have no idea if RMS is aware of that issue
> >or what his position is on it.
> 
> You can hardly expect RMS - or anyone - to simultaneously be an
> effective crusader against _everything_ that is wrong with the world.

No.  I think I made it clear enough why I brought it up.

-- 
Bruce

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