On Thu, 2007-02-01 at 22:36 +0000, Alan wrote: > > I thought when RHEL started there was a matter of some its binaries not > > being distributable because they were proprietary. > > The RHEL package includes some bundled applications from other vendors > that are proprietary (Java interpreters, media players that kind of > thing), separate to the OS itself. They are not required as part of the > system. > > Alan Well if these bundled applications are what you get when you buy RHEL than I would say the distribution is in some sense closed. Whether they are required for the system to run seems irrelevant. They are part of RHEL. Or am I not understanding what you are saying? -- Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
