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Linux-Watch: MEPIS Grudgingly Complies with the GPL

By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

“MEPIS LLC, the popular Ubuntu-based Linux distributor, has
finally released its distribution source code under the GPL. Warren
Woodford, the Morgantown, WV-based company’s CEO, is not one bit
pleased with being forced to do so. In his FAQ on how MEPIS is
complying with the GPL, Woodford writes, ‘The GPL license and the
Free Software Foundation make sense to me if I assume that the
purpose of the GPL license is to force the redistribution of all
source code and to prevent commerce that does not include the
unencumbered redistribution of all source code. The FSF recommends
that you assign your copyrights to them, so they can insure your
software ‘freedom.’ If the FSF succeeds, all source code will be
GPL licensed and controlled by the Free Software Foundation; and
all Laws regarding software patents and copyrights will be rendered
ineffective…'”

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