Re: Fate of RedHat

From: Ed Wilts (ewilts_at_ewilts.org)
Date: 02/22/04

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Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 12:52:25 -0600

    On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 09:29:37AM -0800, Douglas Phillipson wrote:
    > Isn't Redhats Enterprise Linux still GPL? Doesn't that mean they have
    > to give away the source? Will the binary and or source rpm's for EL
    > still be available?

    Source rpms are currently available, although under the GPL they only
    have to be available to those that Red Hat distributes the binaries to.

    Binary rpms are not available. 

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