[clue-tech] CentOS

[mike havlicek]

--- Angelo Bertolli <angelo at freeshell.org> wrote:

> mike havlicek wrote:
> 
> >Hey,
> >
> >Anybody familiar with CentOS? I am checking it out
> >based upon  a contract requirement. But I don't
> think
> >it (the distro) is really kosher. It seems to be an
> >absolute steal of RedHat Enterprise. Things are
> >confusig with GPL
> >but to totally take RedHat Enterprise and
> distribute
> >it freely was quite a task if legal.
> >  
> >
> Yes, we use CentOS at work.  I'm sure there are no
> legal issues.  
> However we don't use CentOS for servers--who knows
> CentOS might be 
> missing some of the software.
> 
> >I have read the copyright information with RHEL
> AS4.X.
> >I think it does indicate that the source is freely
> >available and can be modified as long as you remove
> >all RedHat logos. But on the other hand the source
> is
> >only available if you agree to a contract with an
> >expiration.
> >  
> >
> Red Hat places restrictions on the use of their
> trademarks.  If you copy 
> and modify a Red Hat distro, you can't claim it to
> be Red Hat.  They 
> don't want anyone else distributing something called
> "Red Hat."
> 
> >Certainly the RedHat modified kernel is
> proprietary. I
> >actually was not aware that the RedHat kernels were
> >modified until about 2 weeks ago.... when I found
> that
> >I got errors between RHEL-AS-4.2 distro and a
> current
> >buld of the kernel on my host.
> >  
> >
> Why would the RH modified kernel be proprietary?  It
> ought to be under 
> the GPL.
> 
> >I stll do wonder where CentOS got their code and if
> it
> >is legal.  
> >  
> >
> They probably download it from RH's website.
> 
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GPL code can be modified and redistributed at least
for sale. So I may have missed the difference between
propriatory and for sale under copyright.... whoops.

-Mike


		
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