Where are all the updates gone?
Ric Moore
wayward4now at gmail.com
Mon Mar 5 03:38:44 UTC 2007
On Sun, 2007-03-04 at 15:34 -0600, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> On Sun, 2007-03-04 at 23:47 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> > Tim wrote:
> > > Rahul Sundaram:
> > >> 1) It not a product at all from Red Hat or otherwise. It is available
> > >> as ISO images for download and never sold.
> > >
> > > Though, it's quite clearly sponsored by it. Fedora wouldn't be around
> > > if Red Hat wasn't it's basis (in source, hosting, and all). Fedora
> > > certainly isn't a Debian or Mandrake product. And it's configured and
> > > structured like Red Hat Linux.
> >
> > No arguments or disagreements about that. It does state that clearly in
> > http://fedoraproject.org. Red Hat does actively spend a lot of resources
> > (engineering, money, marketing) which makes a significant portion of
> > Fedora what it is. I consider that good for both Fedora and Red Hat.
> > Your opinions may vary.
> >
> > Rahul
> >
> True, opinions may vary. How ever if, "Red Hat does actively spend a lot
> of resources (engineering, money, marketing) which makes a significant
> portion of Fedora what it is" then Fedora is a RedHat product.
>
> You have a right to your opinion as you say.
Being Devil's Advocate here, I think RedHat has to limit it's liability
completely, as FC is a free product and if some sore head claims that he
was offed because his favorite <fill-in-the-blank> wasn't provided or
failed to work as expected then they might try to sue RH for some
off-the-wall damages. The official RH offering is bound to a contract
that spells out the liabilities and coverages, so disclaiming a
fiduciary interest, in a freebie, is the only way to do this at all.
My 2 cents, Ric
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