Hi, debian-legal list!
Some months ago, I have bought a Debian distribution from a German
company called LinuxLand. Now I've noticed some strange things about
it:
The six official CDs are labelled as suggested by Debian, however,
there is a strange third line:
Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 r0 >>Potato<<
Official i386 Binary-1 (20000814)
(C) 2000 LinuxLand International
What does that mean? Is it illegal to copy these CDs or what?
Another strange thing is the impressum in the manual shipped with the
CDs, saying:
The content of this work stands under the GNU General Public
License (see appendix) and is freely available. All other rights
reseved, also those of photo-mechanic reproduction and storing in
electronic media.
I do not understand that. To me, this notice seems to be a
contradiction. How can something be under the GPL while copying is
restricted?
The book mentioned is a German translation of the Debian GNU/Linux
Guide by John Goerzen and Ossama Othman, however, the layout differs
completely. It cannot be found online, however the printed version
can be ordered at:
http://www.linuxland.de/katalog/01_linuxdistri_bs/debian/3_debian22buch/framify
Bye,
Thomas
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