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Re: need 4 RH-6.2



On Thu, 1 Jun 2000, Ely Levy wrote:

> as for leagal problem concidering redhat and madrake selling
> as far as I know there isn't any leagal problem with it now .. 

no problem redistributing the FREE version, at times reffered to as the
"GPL CD Image" although it contains some non-GPL software like Pine and
stuff.

> but you need to offer the sources too AFAIK..

the original owner of the software has to offer them, and that's not
even redhat (they just repackage)

> buying them from redhat or mandrake gives you privalige that you won't
> get buying it from middle man..

what you buy from RedHat for $50-$70 comes with support and several
non-open products, like BRU backup, RealMedia server, and other closed
source stuff. used to come with Xinside X server once too.

THAT you are not allowed to redistribute.


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