To get technical, you can download the isos but not before signing a contract and paying for them. Buck -----Original Message----- From: shrike-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:shrike-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Guy Fraser Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 10:45 AM To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: RedHat, Fedora, and the Future of Life as We Know it I was thought RHEL was licensed per machine. Isn't that why you can't download the iso's without paying. If not then my bad. Rui Miguel Seabra wrote: >On Fri, 2003-09-26 at 00:32, Guy Fraser wrote: > > >>If I have to pay for the software then send the $0.75 to whoever its >>supposed to go like Microsoft does! >>What are you guys really that stupid, or is it you think that we are? >> >> > >The license is non-transferable so you will not be able to redistribute >copies of the CD's. > >Since forbidding copies of RH cd's would upset too many people (due to >many more licensing requirements) it is much better from legal, >political and economical points of view to simple drop MP3 support. > >Are you really so upset with RH just because of "minor" issues like >lack of mp3 support or wine with some changes that broke your use of >wine? > >Are these two petty features what you'd deem worth enough for a >GNU/Linux distribution? > >*sigh* > > > -- Guy Fraser Network Administrator The Internet Centre 780-450-6787 , 1-888-450-6787 There is a fine line between genius and lunacy, fear not, walk the line with pride. Not all things will end up as you wanted, but you will certainly discover things the meek and timid will miss out on. -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
