Thanks for the replays guys, ... some details to share: On 8/18/06, Johnny Hughes <mailing-lists at hughesjr.com> wrote: > On Fri, 2006-08-18 at 15:38 -0400, Alain Reguera wrote: ... > > In a past post, I read that even if redhat close the distro, it has to > > release the sources to the client how buy the distro, so he/she would > > rebuild it and release a new one based on it as totally free. So, will > > CentOS have to buy the redhat distro to rebuild it and release it for > > free to the community in a close case ? > > I do not think that RH is going to close their sources. If they were to > do so, they would still have to give them to customers. CentOS > developers do have paid access to the source code. if I understand, the CentOS project is not just supported technically by the CentOS Developers Team but financially too ?, in case of close. > > Have we some guarantee that redhat will not close the srpms and the > > rebuilding will be safe ?. > > There are never any guarantees in life ... ask the former Enron > employees. you're right :( > So long as RedHat uses GPL products they will be required to give the > SRPMS to customers and they can not restrict what the customers do with > GPL source code ... except as it relates to their trademarks. > > > > > What does CentOS mean with: CentOS has no relationship with Red > > Hat(r), Inc. or RHEL. > > It means that the CentOS project is not in any way affiliated with > RedHat. RedHat does not give us advise, they don't tell us anything > that they don't tell the general public, they don't give us money, they > don't give us equipment, they don't help us build or distribute > CentOS. > > They provide SRPMS via the GPL to the public ... we take those publicly > available sources, follow their rules concerning trademarks, and make > CentOS. > > Fedora Core is affiliated with Red Hat (as an example). Red Hat > provides Fedora with servers, allows Fedora to host things at > redhat.com, etc. > > I think our FAQ on this issue is quite clear: > > http://www.centos.org/modules/smartfaq/faq.php?faqid=13 Could be the issue of the CentOS Developers be redhat's customers a relationship with redhat ? ( supposing that if they pay for something they becomes customers of that). > > What happen with those countries that are not allowed to use redhat, > > can they use CentOS ? does redhat want this ? is this permitted by > > some legal argument. > > > > CentOS does not distribute our product in any places where the United > States export laws prohibit distribution. what means distribute? if those countries download the isos and install them in order to use it, are they doing that illegally ? my Regards to you and your Time Al.