Re: The State of RH in 2002: It was Bad?

["Joe Polk" <listuser javelinux com>]

I don't know much about this controversy, but I do know RH needs to be very 
careful with their perception in the community. I love RH. I have stock in 
the company and I buy their products; but I'm also very concerned about some 
of their recent moves. I hate to see them become so corperate-centric.  
Caldera did this and lost my business long ago, dispite having a decent 
distro.  They implemented cooky licensing and all but shunned the end user 
opting for business users instead.  I would hate to see RH do this, but this 
appears to be the direction they are headed in.  Perhaps they are bringing in 
more people from outside the community who are effecting their decision 
making. Whatever is happening, I sincerely hope it stops soon and they take a 
more "Open" approach to their business.

<<JAV>>

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From: fluke gibson mw luc edu
To: redhat-list redhat com
Sent: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 08:21:27 -0600 (CST)
Subject: The State of RH in 2002: It was Bad?

> Slashdot included for Jan 1st a link to "The State of GNU/Linux in 
> 2002: It was Good."
> ( http://www.ofb.biz/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=188 )
> 
>   The article included several statements about "controversial 
> moves" by Red Hat during 2002.  However, it seems to me that the 
> most damning move is the GPL and LGPL violations associated with the 
> Dell/Red Hat alliance product Dell PowerEdge Web Server Version 3.x 
> Powered by Red Hat Linux.  They started distributing the product 
> around March of 2002 in binary only form without any written offer 
> of source code.  During October of 2002
> (including on the date of the Dell/Red Hat Open Source Security 
> Summit), the product continued to ship without any written offer.  
> To address the GPL/LGPL violations that took place for over half of 
> 2002, both companies have been asked to issue via postal mail a 
> written offer of source code availablity to all the customers that 
> recieved these binary only and notice-less releases--to date I am 
> not aware of either company honoring this request.
> 
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