Asus will publish full Eee PC source code


	Asus will publish full Eee PC source code

rj3sp

12-1-2007 7:30 AM

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asus, eee, pc, linux, opensource, gpl, asustek

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12-1-2007 9:58 AM

ericskiff

Good to see Asus correcting the mistake quickly

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When it originally emerged that Asus hadn't fully complied with the Linux General Public License, there was a minor furore on the internet. A number of parties were quick to yell that once again a big company was trying to break the law in their favour by not releasing some of the modified parts of the source code for the OS which the Eee PC runs on. </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/11/29/asus_agrees_to_publish_full_eee_pc_source_code/1"><DIV>
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