From: Johnny Hughes <mailing-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> As pointed out many times before on this list, RedHat is a great
> company, and they do a lot of things for the OSS community ... but they
> are not the "owners" of the code that CentOS uses. They get almost all
> the items they publish from somewhere else. They are required,
> therefore, to make their source code public.
But Red Hat does release pretty much even anything "original" as GPL
as well.
> They take that requirement seriously, and they do an outstanding job
> of publishing their source code openly. They should be commended for
> that. I do it every chance I get :)
And I personally appreciated your objectivity, alongside your dedication
to the project. It's hard to find such a combo. Many people who put
sweat into something are a bit eccentric.
You are one who truly stands on the shoulders of others while lifting
those above you far more than most.
--
Bryan J. Smith mailto:b.j.smith@xxxxxxxx
