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Story: Chinese city requires Net cafes to use legitimate softwareTotal Replies: 2
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tracyanne

Dec 03, 2008
3:30 PM EST
Quoting:"You have to install Red Flag Linux, and pay 5,000 yuan," complained one user on the Jiangxi discussion forum (in Chinese). "If you are using a different Linux distribution, they just say it's pirated!"


That's a bit rough, but it does highlight the fact that piracy is what it is defined to be by those with the power to do so.
moopst

Dec 03, 2008
6:47 PM EST 		I'm suspicious as to what sort of monitoring software is built into Red Flag.

User Li Pi is browsing unauthorized political websites!
Scott_Ruecker

Dec 03, 2008
9:22 PM EST 		I had the same thought, there must be something that Red Flag and Windows Server both do that they are the only two OS's allowed to be used.

Not good at all, not even another version of Linux is good enough..

:-(

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