[clue-tech] CentOS

[mike havlicek]

I like CentOS

I in fact think it runs better than RHEL.... at least
on the architecture I am running it on.But I was
warned
by a coding friend of mine not to run it because of
legal issues. But I think given the link for the srpms
given earlier there is no trouble and I should inform
my friend of this.

-Mike

--- William <wlist-clue at kimballstuff.com> wrote:

> mike havlicek wrote:
> 
> >Surely, but it can be modified with propriatory
> >changes as long as the original source is made
> >available at least by url  if not by ftp by the
> >provider??????
> >
> >But the propriatory changes that make the company
> >money are not required to be provided. It is only
> the
> >universityware that has to be provided.
> >-Mike
> >  
> >
> You are cursading on the wrong cause.  Please take
> the time to actually I like 
> read the GPL license text very closely.  Get a
> lawyer who specializes in 
> IP, software patents, and/or copyrights to help you
> understand it.
> 
> This conversation has deviated from a CentOS
> question into a question of 
> GPL license terms.  Back to the original question
> and to summarize what 
> we have been trying to tell you:
> 
> Use CentOS with a clear conscience if you have been
> asked to use it.  
> There's absolutely nothing wrong with it, or with
> using it, or with 
> distributing it, or with altering it, or with
> renaming and 
> redistributing it.  If you don't understand why, we
> won't explain it to 
> you; we aren't lawyers.  We have done our own
> reading and questioning 
> and we are all content with the legality of using
> CentOS.
> 
> If there was anything wrong with it, you can bet
> that RedHat would have 
> put a stop it it a long time ago, along with all the
> other RHEL 
> re-branding projects.  RedHat has already dealt with
> CentOS and did 
> nothing more than assert that the name, "RedHat",
> could not appear on 
> the CentOS website or on the binary product.
> 
> This is all a whole lot simpler than you seem to
> think it is.  We've 
> answered your question.  If you're not happy with
> our answer, then 
> you're not asking the right question  For the rest
> of your concerns, you 
> must seek out a laywer.  We cannot help you further
> with your licensing 
> questions.
> 
> I'm sorry if this seems stern.  You are exhausting
> the question and 
> crusading, which drove me to this reply.
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