[CentOS] Vote For CentOS :)

From: Johnny Hughes <mailing-lists at hughesjr.com>
> As pointed out many times before on this list, RedHat is a great
> company, and they do a lot of things for the OSS community ... but they
> are not the "owners" of the code that CentOS uses.  They get almost all
> the items they publish from somewhere else. They are required,
> therefore, to make their source code public.

But Red Hat does release pretty much even anything "original" as GPL
as well.

> They take that requirement seriously, and they do an outstanding job
> of publishing their source code openly.  They should be commended for
> that.  I do it every chance I get :)

And I personally appreciated your objectivity, alongside your dedication
to the project.  It's hard to find such a combo.  Many people who put
sweat into something are a bit eccentric.

You are one who truly stands on the shoulders of others while lifting
those above you far more than most.



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Bryan J. Smith   mailto:b.j.smith at ieee.org