Re: Options for Enterprise RH (Was: Have Enterprise via SRPM for free?)

[Ed Wilts <ewilts ewilts org>]

On Thu, May 01, 2003 at 09:42:22AM -0700, Jonathan Bartlett wrote:
> So yes, you _can_ copy _parts_ (actually the majority) of Enterprise, but
> you would have to make sure the proprietary parts were left out.  I do not
> know if this would violate your service agreement with Red Hat or not, but
> it is perfectly legit.

Do not forget that Red Hat, without *any* notice, can withhold the
SRPMS.  They are only obligated to make the sources available to those
that they distribute the binaries to.  They don't have to make them
available instantly either.  Nothing would prevent them from
password-protecting their FTP sites, refusing to mirror them, or
delaying their release by a month.  In any of those cases, you won't get
the critical releases in a timely manner.

Red Hat has a right to make money and it's their legal obligation to do
so.  Somehow or other, somebody has to pay the wages of the Red Hat
employees that are producing the patches you want.  

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Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA
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