Quote Originally Posted by avih
2. klauss wanted to upload the iso AFTER cebit, we should respect that because, afterall, it IS his creation.
3. it could be cebit branded.
4. this edition might not be gpl. do YOU know it's gpl?

the leagal terms just make up the framework. respect and humal values should come before that imho. isn't that the whole point of the open source movement?
1. Sure, it´s his creation, partially.
In fact it´s mostly a collection of software programmed by different people.

2. Why should it be "cebit branded"? What´s the big difference between Version 3.1 and 3.2? Sure, he got KDE 3.1 inserted but it was also in KnoppixKDE. And persistant home is useless if you got only NTFS-Partitions.

3. I don´t know if it´s under the GPL.

I think the point is that software should be free too everyone at every time. No one should get software earlier because of a trade fair.
If it´s a preview or beta version than i can understand that you don´t release it. But holding back a stable version is IMHO not the way open-source should work.