Re: [rhn-users] New version on redhat - Fedora + RHN?

[Ken Snider <ksnider flarn com>]

Robert L Sowders wrote:
> Try FreeBSD.
>
> With the FBSD license they can never go commercial and it's a much easier 
> OS to use as far as servers go.  You don't need the GUI with FBSD.

This has nothing to do with a GUI, nothing to do with "Going commercial". 
The BSD license is *easier* to "go commercial" with than the GPL - the 
*only* requirement FreeBSD has is to retain a copyright notice - no 
requirement to share changes back to the community, nothing.

And GUI has nothing to do with it. No server I run has X on it unless 
necessary (and even then, just the libs).

What I *do* need is cryptographic integrity of binaries (provided via RPM's 
MD5 process and Digital Signatures), the ability to install binaries on 
servers without having to rely on "ports"-based compiles, and support for 
enterprise-class hardware, not just "common" hardware.

IBM/3ware/broadcom/etc. Don't offer freebsd drivers, they offer Linux drivers.

but this isn't about switiching OS's. This is about a silly licensing scheme 
that ignores what I believe is a huge customer base for Red Hat. Hopefully 
someone will pay attention there.

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Ken Snider