OT: Fedora3 vs CentOS4

[shrek-m at gmx.de]

Raymond Dijkxhoorn wrote:

>> I think they have to give the sources all the time. Because of the OS
>> licenses.
>

OS "Fedora Core" is free
OS "RedHat Enterprise Linux" is not really free

> But they dont have to make them freely available.


thanks.

https://www.redhat.com/archives/taroon-list/2004-February/msg00286.html
<snip>

not saying this is deliberate or even supposed to be this, however I
think one thing needs to be very clear (and there often seems to be a
misunderstanding about this): Neither the GPL nor the LGPL require Red
Hat to put the sources online. The (L)GPL requirements are satisfied by
either providing the source with all binaries (as we do with the CD's
and with RHN) OR providing a written offer for the source OR provide
them online basically (see section 3 of the GPL).

Putting the src.rpm's on the ftp site is optional for us but we're glad
to do so for the people who appreciate that service.
</snip>

https://www.redhat.com/archives/taroon-list/2004-March/msg00031.html
...

> Besided that, the RedHat people do a lot of development also, would be
> fair it you run a large
> mailserver you just buy the beauty...


100% agreed

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shrek-m

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