Asus Eee PC GPL Problem Appears Solved

[ Thanks to D.C. Parris for this link. ]

"Against the backdrop of cries from the GNU/Linux community, Asus has taken steps to correct the availability of the source code for its Eee PC.

"Cliff Biffle recently wrote in an article, ASUS eeePC: First impressions and GPL violations, that the package labelled as 'source code' on Asus' site was actually not source code, but binary debian packages. Biffle correctly asserted that failure to provide the sources for GPL'ed code violates that license. ITWire carried a story about Biffle's posting, and as of today, Asus has announced that the sources are available..."

Complete Story

Related Stories:

• Asus eeePC Violates GPL Say Linux Stalwarts(Nov 26, 2007)
• Eeextremely Eeenticing: A Review of the Asus Eee PC(Nov 14, 2007)
• The Jonney Machine(Nov 09, 2007)
• A Tale of Two Plug-and-Play Linux Boxes(Nov 06, 2007)