steppenwolf1984 Posted September 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2005 Guess that pretty much exhausts that topic, eh? What other trouble can we get into? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> FYI and BTW....within a couple of hours after opening up the discussion of GPL status and Mepis, both Mepis Lovers and Mepis. org locked the discussion, with Mepis Lovers going so far as to say a forum wasnt the place to ask questions about "Warren" and the GPL. Am I losing it or is that "community" known for loopy and blind devotion?!?! For a hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil fanaticism that belongs to a locked ward or a seminary? Reeks of Bad Craziness to me..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmpatrick Posted September 14, 2005 Report Share Posted September 14, 2005 There must be licensing issues they don't care to discuss. Why that is, I could only speculate. My best speculation is that there must be some issue as to compliance with the GPL or one or more of the proprietary licenses for some of the other stuff that comes with mepis. Not allowing any discussion of the topic indicates one of three things to me: (1) they have something to hide; (2) they are operating in some grey areas re license compliance and their attorney has advised them not to comment on these issues; (3) the mods on those boards have such a fanatical devotion to the distro/developer, they will not tolerate anything said which casts either in a potentially negative light. Well, you won't find that around here. People blast mandriva all the time here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steppenwolf1984 Posted September 15, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2005 Three, definitely. "Don't you dare threaten my fuzzy touchy feelies about a distro I can actually install! and use! " is the word of the day among some mods there. As to ambiguities in licensing, alot of it happened so long ago it makes you wonder why the touchiness persists. It was enough to make me go home and configure a dual boot with Fedora because at least Fedoras established and full of knowledgeable users world wide who aint afraid to bash deficiencies in the distro. User boards, imho, are part of what makes Linux work, and what helps users getting their systems workable. LOL, this is the first time ive ever been censored for asking about the GPL on a linux board...and Ive been censored plenty of times in a number of countries about a variety of things.... Last word on those boards? Mepis Lovers is a wank site for self congratulatory stroke sessions....Mepis.org Forums are at least somewhat willing to engage and have lots of backlogs of old discussions and posts...but Jeez, they do know they're getting all wet over an OPERATION SYSTEM, dont they? Sheesh Some people need to be strapped to a chair, with their eyelids pinned open and forced to watch Fight Club on endless loop for a weekend or so.... "We are the all-singing, all dancing crap of the world..." I am Jacks distro, I make Jack intolerant and loopy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Oneday Posted September 20, 2005 Report Share Posted September 20, 2005 FYI and BTW....within a couple of hours after opening up the discussion of GPL status and Mepis, both Mepis Lovers and Mepis. org locked the discussion, with Mepis Lovers going so far as to say a forum wasnt the place to ask questions about "Warren" and the GPL. Am I losing it or is that "community" known for loopy and blind devotion?!?! For a hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil fanaticism that belongs to a locked ward or a seminary? Reeks of Bad Craziness to me..... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Locking threads about things are common over there The thread about this post: http://www.mepislovers.org/modules/newbb/v...=10938&start=20 Your question about source code http://www.mepislovers.org/modules/newbb/v...=10689&forum=22 About Ubuntu http://www.mepislovers.org/modules/newbb/v...=10762&forum=22 http://www.mepislovers.org/modules/newbb/v...=10328&start=20 http://www.mepislovers.org/modules/newbb/v...d=9416&forum=22 Question about spyware and antivirus https://mandrivausers.org/index.php?act=Pos...108&qpid=205527 A mention of kanotix http://www.mepislovers.org/modules/newbb/v...=10613&forum=22 Asking for an RSS feed http://www.mepislovers.org/modules/newbb/v...d=6586&start=20 And that's within a month. :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axel_2078 Posted September 21, 2005 Report Share Posted September 21, 2005 I'm not really sure what all the fuss is about or where the problem lies, but I like Mepis. I used to use Mandrake back in the day, but then tried something debian based and just kinda got used to it. It also worked better with my wireless router/cards which is one reason I stuck with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Oneday Posted September 21, 2005 Report Share Posted September 21, 2005 I'm not really sure what all the fuss is about or where the problem lies, but I like Mepis. I used to use Mandrake back in the day, but then tried something debian based and just kinda got used to it. It also worked better with my wireless router/cards which is one reason I stuck with it. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I don't think that was the complaint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steppenwolf1984 Posted September 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2005 Locking threads about things are common over there... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> LMAO ....can you say anally retentive control freak? Sure ya can. Which is too bad cause I like the actual distro...its still on my box. But you have to go to other distro boards to get any answers it seems.....sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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