Re: Making your own distriburion

On Thursday 29 Jun 2006 06:14, bowman <bowman@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
alt.os.linux.suse:


If you release yast2-packager-2.13.125 in your distro, good luck
getting and maintaining the exact source used to build it, and keeping
it handy for years as you go through MyLinux 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3
etc. Actually, yast is a poor example, since its license is not
compatible with GPL:

Since when has GPL not been compatible with GPL?
--
Robert HULL

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