Re: Say it aint so Rhat

[Bruce Smith <bruce@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I think this may be over reacting a little.  Star Office, Applix, Metroworks,
> Informix, and lots of products are closed.  I don't, and lot of people
> don't,  hesitate to use them.  If a package is mine,  it my choice (and
> ethical either way) if I open it or not.  Unethical is trying to close what
> someone else has made open,  Rhat is not trying to do that.  They are
> producing a package,  that will INSTALL Linux.  After installation,  that
> package is no longer required, so it bears little or no impact on Linux.  I
> can just as well install Linux with a Linux boot disk, and dd or tar
> depending on my source media.  I can remember having to use DOS to install
> Linux in the 0.99 days,  that was closed but it didn't effect my use of
> Linux.

As long as Redhat is still freely downloadable from their web site,
and I can distribute it (as BSware), then I can live with it.
(we just don't have the source code to their install binary)

BUT, if you are required to purchase Linux from Redhat so you can 
install it, then I think they have gone too far.

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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