Re: Red Hat GPL No Longer Available

[nlp3 cornell edu]

http://www.fsf.org/copyleft/gpl.html

On Thu, 2 Sep 1999, Aleksandar Katanovic wrote:

> At 15:21 01.09.99 -0400, Robb Sands wrote:
> >HELP!!
> >
> >I just got off the phone with Amazon.com and Red Hat.com Legal departments
> >and guess what the hot-breaking-heart-breaking news is?
> >
> >You can no longer refer to Red Hat Linux GPL distribution using the words
> >Red Hat.
> 
> 
> What does it mean "GPL"?
> 
> I have ordered from one shop the Official Red Hat Linux 6.0 (see about this 
> in http://www.redhat.com/commerce/). What is GPL?
> 
> I know that my question is a dumb one, but I am new to the world of Linux. 
> But one thing I know: I will not any more support Microsoft! I am tired of 
> everything what is called "Microsoft." Therefore, I decided to change the 
> operative system, so I think that Linux is best to use.
> 
> I wish to support Linux community. Please, what it means that Red Hat GPL 
> is no longer available, and WHY?
> 
> Regards,
> Aleksandar
> 
> 
> 
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