Wow, it sounds easier to copy the disk than to take the contents and make one, redhat bootdisks are quite complex, not much in the el-torito stuff, don't really know the specs or how to make something to follow them. At 08:54 AM 12/5/01 -0500, you wrote: >On Tue, Dec 04, 2001 at 01:17:52AM -0600, Brent Harding wrote: >> On the idea of distributing linux around, if I bought a boxed set of redhat >> or some other distro, is it legal to copy those CD's and give them to >> someone else? Or does that only apply to CD's made from the iso images. I >> heard somewhere you could do it, and it's technically not difficult, but >> these distros are commercial products. > >i seem to recall in the "old" days, that you were generally restricted from >making a CD-to-CD copy of the distribution. however, copying the contents >of the CD, and then burning your own CD's was never an issue (this applying >to the "base" GPL part, not necessarily the demoware stuff). > >on further reading of the Redhat 7.2 boxed set, i can't find any restrictions >at all on copying, other than the requirement that you not sell the copied >CD's as if they were official and/or endorsed by "Redhat". > >of course, other distro's may differ (turbolinux in particular). >-- >Henry Yen Aegis Information Systems, Inc. >Senior Systems Programmer Hicksville, New York > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Blinux-list@redhat.com >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > >