[ale] Enterprise Linux's

[esoteric at 3times25.net (Geoffrey)]

Brian Akins wrote:
> I want to see if I'm interpreting something correctly.  Various vendors 
> offer "Enterprise Linux's" (RedHat AS, SLES9, etc.)  They charge 
> $250-2500 for a "license,"  but 99% of it is GPL'ed.  From some digging 
> on their websites, they seem to acknowledge that you can use the 
> software without paying anything, unless you want support.  In some 
> spots they try to steer you towards the SRPMS and I know CentOS, for 
> example, is built from these.
> 
> So, if I download RHEL, for example, iso's and will never use support, 
> it's "free," right?  I know I can download and compile all the SRPMS.
> 
> This was asked by someone else, and I was hoping to get a more succinct 
> answer to them.

I don't believe you can use their update service either.  You should be 
able to point it to the free version update servers, but then, you're 
mixing versions a bit.


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Until later, Geoffrey