Thanks for the replays guys, ... some details to share: On 8/18/06, Johnny Hughes <mailing-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Fri, 2006-08-18 at 15:38 -0400, Alain Reguera wrote:
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> In a past post, I read that even if redhat close the distro, it has to > release the sources to the client how buy the distro, so he/she would > rebuild it and release a new one based on it as totally free. So, will > CentOS have to buy the redhat distro to rebuild it and release it for > free to the community in a close case ? I do not think that RH is going to close their sources. If they were to do so, they would still have to give them to customers. CentOS developers do have paid access to the source code.
if I understand, the CentOS project is not just supported technically by the CentOS Developers Team but financially too ?, in case of close.
> Have we some guarantee that redhat will not close the srpms and the > rebuilding will be safe ?. There are never any guarantees in life ... ask the former Enron employees.
you're right :(
So long as RedHat uses GPL products they will be required to give the SRPMS to customers and they can not restrict what the customers do with GPL source code ... except as it relates to their trademarks. > > What does CentOS mean with: CentOS has no relationship with Red > Hat(r), Inc. or RHEL. It means that the CentOS project is not in any way affiliated with RedHat. RedHat does not give us advise, they don't tell us anything that they don't tell the general public, they don't give us money, they don't give us equipment, they don't help us build or distribute CentOS. They provide SRPMS via the GPL to the public ... we take those publicly available sources, follow their rules concerning trademarks, and make CentOS. Fedora Core is affiliated with Red Hat (as an example). Red Hat provides Fedora with servers, allows Fedora to host things at redhat.com, etc. I think our FAQ on this issue is quite clear: http://www.centos.org/modules/smartfaq/faq.php?faqid=13
Could be the issue of the CentOS Developers be redhat's customers a relationship with redhat ? ( supposing that if they pay for something they becomes customers of that).
> What happen with those countries that are not allowed to use redhat, > can they use CentOS ? does redhat want this ? is this permitted by > some legal argument. > CentOS does not distribute our product in any places where the United States export laws prohibit distribution.
what means distribute? if those countries download the isos and install them in order to use it, are they doing that illegally ? my Regards to you and your Time Al. _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
