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ZDNet: The Importance of Distribution: India�s Open Source CD Push

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“India’s free CD program reminds me of the early days of Linux.
If it weren’t for cheap Linux CDs a lot of users may never have
gotten their hands on Linux.

“License terms that allowed redistribution were only half of the
deal. It doesn’t mean a lot to allow free distribution of an OS if
people don’t have the means to actually get the data back and
forth…”

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