WHEN Fedora 10 was released a couple of weeks ago, some highly respected websites posted reviews which spoke in glowing terms about its improvements.

The praise was well deserved - and I will come to my own assessment of Fedora 10 in due course - but first I have a bone to pick.

The fact that the Fedora Project is getting such widespread positive publicity is welcome and just, but I am concerned that new users might be drawn to Fedora without knowing about its aversion to patent-encumbered software and its strict adherence to free/open source software licensing rules.