On 03/23/2011 11:17 AM, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: > Compare those 2 sentances: >> "The base SL distribution is basically Enterprise Linux, recompiled from >> source. > > -snip- > >> "Q. What is Scientific Linux? >> >> A. Scientific Linux is in essence, a commercial enterprise linux >> distribution, recompiled. Please don't cut the paragraph where you're interested. Add: Our main goal for the base distribution is to have everything compatible with Enterprise, with only a few minor additions or changes. An example of of items that were added are Alpine, and OpenAFS. > > and compare it with this statement: > > "CentOS conforms fully with the upstream vendors redistribution policy > and aims to be 100% binary compatible. (CentOS mainly changes packages > to remove upstream vendor branding and artwork)." > Both statements says the same with different words ... SL says "compatible" too, like CentOS ... -- CL Martinez carlopmart {at} gmail {d0t} com