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Article #33Re: RedHat CEO says home users shouldn't use Linux
From: Gregory Toomey
Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2003 13:56
Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2003 13:56
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See http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=83248&threshold=0&commentsort=0&tid=110&tid=126&tid=163&tid=187&mode=thread&pid=7287737#7287763 "People's complaints with RHAT's GPL compliance doesn't have anything to do with providing the source. It has to do with the bundling of RHEL with support contracts. The support contract restricts how many servers you can install RHEL on at once. By bundling RHEL with a support contract that restricts redistribution, RHEL itself violates the GPL." gtoomey
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