[ale] Red Hat 9.0

[Greg]

OpenBSD's file layout is copyright Theo DeRaadt.  The reasoning is to gain
revenue to continue the project, though it is trivial to create an ISO on
your own.  Considering that 99.99% of the folks who use it don't write or
help the developer's, it is perfectly reasonable.  I buy at least a CD every
6 mos. just to help keep the project up, even though I use -stable and
download and update via CVS.

The only thing that will keep Open Source out of the basement/hobby arena is
if some folks don't' start supporting it.  I have never feared Bill & Co - I
fear greedy folks who might gain a critical mass and reduce Open Source to a
bunch of hobbyists.  Downloads take $$$ to maintain and that's all there is
to it.  Developers like to eat now and then too.  For proof witness Mandrake
(sniff - my second distro) or Red Hat's financials.

Greg Canter

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-admin at ale.org [mailto:ale-admin at ale.org]On Behalf Of Fulton
> Green
> Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 3:38 PM
> To: ale at ale.org
> Subject: Re: [ale] Red Hat 9.0
>
>
> For real.  They've actually been touting the "early ISO access" as a
> feature of their "Red Hat Network" service for several months now; they're
> just now getting around to doing it (for releases, anyway).
>
> I don't know if this means that you wouldn't be able to get the individual
> packages and other files necessary at install-time from FTP.RedHat.com
> prior to April 7.  I would suspect that you'd still be able to get those
> individual files, just not in ISO form.
>
> And, obviously, ISOs will be available after the 7th from RH, bandwidth
> issues notwithstanding.
>
> What remains a thorny question is whether or not other entities such as
> CheapBytes would be allowed to distribute or sell RH9 ISOs
> ("de-trademarked" if necessary a la' CheapBytes's "Pink Tie") prior to the
> 7th.
>
> This is just one more way RH is "shaking down" us individual users for
> subscription revenue.  As long as they don't violate the spirit of the GPL
> (which is why I think they'll make individual packages available on the
> 31st, when subscribers will have early ISO access), I don't have a problem
> with it.
>
> FWIW, I think OpenBSD has a restriction that one can't create ISOs of its
> distro for mass dissemination, even though OpenBSD doesn't provide ISOs
> itself.  OpenBSD does, of course, sell CDs of its distro, and also
> provides the necesary files for installation, which you are welcome to
> place on a CD-ROM (but not sell or redistribute in ISO form).  At least I
> *think* that's the spirt of OpenBSD's restrictions.
>
> On Mon, Mar 24, 2003 at 03:10:14PM -0500, John Wells wrote:
> > Damn...is this for real, or some twisted April Fool's joke?
> >
> > http://www.redhat.com/mktg/rh9iso/
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