On Sat, 2003-10-18 at 18:33, Michael Schwendt wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 08:30:09 -0600, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote: > > > However, for comparison's sake, Red Hat distributes Red Hat > > Enterprise Linux (AS, ES, WS) under the GPL but does charge money for > > distributing the binary packages and binary updates. (To comply with the > > GPL, Red Hat makes the source code for all of RHEL available.) > > The comment in brackets is a common misconception. We've had this > discussion recently on one of the fedora-* lists, I think. The GNU GPL > does not require Red Hat to make freely available the source code of > RHEL (and errata) on their FTP server. No, but they can't restrict anyone from posting it on a public ftp site, so they might as well do it themselves. Kj -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
