Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on May 20, 2007 10:08 PM
I never saw a prohibition in the Microsoft EULA against giving away Windows. You just can't make copies of the copies for which you've purchased a license and distribute them (either gratis or for a fee)
Now, regarding distros. A Linux distro includes a Linux kernel, a BSD distro includes a BSD kernel, so a Windows distro would include a Windows kernel. So far, so good. But what about the userland? Most, if not all Linux and BSD distros include, to various degrees, GNU components. Does that make them GNU/Linux and GNU/BSD distros? Furthermore, it seems to me that Win3.1, Win95, Win98, etc... properly qualify as Windows distros.
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Re:Distribute vs. Sell
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on May 20, 2007 10:08 PMNow, regarding distros. A Linux distro includes a Linux kernel, a BSD distro includes a BSD kernel, so a Windows distro would include a Windows kernel. So far, so good. But what about the userland? Most, if not all Linux and BSD distros include, to various degrees, GNU components. Does that make them GNU/Linux and GNU/BSD distros? Furthermore, it seems to me that Win3.1, Win95, Win98, etc... properly qualify as Windows distros.
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