[CentOS] Vote For CentOS :)

[Bryan J. Smith <b.j.smith@ieee.org>]

From: Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com>
> Of course.  What does an SLA have to do with restricting copying or
> redistribution?

Because you're paying for services, not a product.

> What kind of restriction would be excluded by the GPL if not ones that
> restrict copying, installing on additional machines, or redistribution?

Public redistribution of the _binaries_ is prohibited because of the
trademarks.  There is _no_ term in the GPL that mandates that anyone
provide you with binaries or otherwise packaged software that is
"ready-to-use."

This is the GPL.

At the same time, as long as the additives are not required for the
software to function, Red Hat, SuSE, Novell, Mandrake, etc... are free
to bundle whatever art, trademarks, etc... with the software, even
the source code.  The GPL still only guarantees you the right to
_source_ code redistribution without restriction.

If you want to play the trademark card, then you're going _outlaw_
pretty much _every_ major commercial company from producing GPL
software.  And Red Hat is the least of our concerns.  ;->






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