On Fri, Apr 11, 2003 at 11:27:34AM -0500, Thomas Dodd wrote: > > >><aside> > >>I'm still not sure why cheapbytes had to modify the set. It's the same > >>as the downloadable version. If it was a LUG selling it for the same > >>price, $7 for the 3 binary CDs, $13 for all 6 CDs, it'd be fine. The > >>reuse requirement of eductional/not-for-profit doesn't make sense. > > > > If I remember right this was due to legal licensing issues. > Well, the "reason" was the Red Hat restritions on TRADEMARK use. > > Buy I mene, why Red Hat implemented it that way, condidering the > benifits the old method had. They even made CheapBytes change the > RHL-7.2 listing to Linux x86 CPU Version 7.2. > <http://cart.cheapbytes.com/cgi-bin/cart/0070010722.html> > > IO couldn't find 7.0 anywhere, the they still have the RHL-6.2 Sparc > release, but changed it to Linux Version 6.2 Sparc. An the S/390 version > of RHL-7.1 is now ThinkBlue S/390 Linux 7.1a > > Notice, Mandrake, SuSE, Caldera, and Debian are used without changes, > but Red Hat was removed from every listing other than the Red Hat boxed > sets. I didn't do a comprehensive search, but I see that CheapBytes hasn't had a full SuSe version for all of the 8.x. So if you want it, you FTP or you buy the boxed set. I think all the distros are seeking a means of distribution that will keep their income at a level to match the resources put into their support... -Michael -- A billion seconds ago Harry Truman was president. A billion minutes ago was just after the time of Christ. A billion hours ago man had not yet walked on earth. A billion dollars ago was late yesterday afternoon at the U.S. Treasury.
