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OK, but how can someone see LiMux at work?
by Béranger on Tuesday 22/May/2007, @04:31

It's not a public project, one can't download it, nor buy it on a cheap CD, nor get the sources.

Open source is open source... but not that open, huh?

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Re: OK, but how can someone see LiMux at work?
by Olaf Schmidt on Tuesday 22/May/2007, @04:37

Munich will make a public release (under the GPL) later this year.

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Re: OK, but how can someone see LiMux at work?
by Charles de Miramon on Tuesday 22/May/2007, @05:08

Is their KDE standard, or do they have patched it ?

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Re: OK, but how can someone see LiMux at work?
by CAPSLOCK2000 on Tuesday 22/May/2007, @07:52

The GPL does not require them to publish their version to the general public. Only those that actually use the system (that is employees of the city of Munich) have a right to request sources.

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Re: OK, but how can someone see LiMux at work?
by Didi on Tuesday 22/May/2007, @08:38

I'm not sure employees have the right to sources either; after all, it's their employer that uses the software.

If they were using Microsoft Office or AutoCad at work, they would also not automatically have the right to use that at home. (Although Microsoft has a special provision for that in their license).

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Re: OK, but how can someone see LiMux at work?
by superstoned on Tuesday 22/May/2007, @11:41

Indeed, afaik Munich doesn't distribute it to their employees so they don't HAVE to disclose the source. If they smart, they will, of course, but they don't have to.

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