2 Jan
2008
2 Jan
'08
11:18 p.m.
On Wed, 2008-01-02 at 10:53 +0000, James Freer wrote:
I don't fully follow the release process... seems to me ubuntu [linuxmint,gnewsense and freespire] copy a lot of hardwork done by debian.
You are sort of missing the point of OSS, nobody is stealing anyone else's hard work unless they are releasing modified code and not making the source available. Ubuntu is based on Debian, PClinuxOS is based on Mandriva which in itself started as a KDE fork of Redhat (ISTR). I am sure plenty of Ubuntu code finds it's way back into Debian, hell plenty of Suse/Novell code is in Ubuntu in the shape of Compiz, the "copying" is an essential part of the evolution of OSS.