From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pc-24-151-10-129.newt1.ct.charter.com ([24.151.10.129] helo=h14me.homelinux.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1AHLoN-0001Na-00 for ; Wed, 05 Nov 2003 06:26:55 -0500 Received: from h14me.homelinux.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id hA5BQsd6019929 for ; Wed, 5 Nov 2003 06:26:54 -0500 Received: (from alex_snow@localhost) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id hA5BQsrV019928 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Wed, 5 Nov 2003 06:26:54 -0500 Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 06:26:54 -0500 From: Alex Snow To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20031105112654.GC19910@gmx.net> References: <20031105010521.SCZG1433.mta1.adelphia.net@beavis> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031105010521.SCZG1433.mta1.adelphia.net@beavis> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Subject: Re: strange communication X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.3 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2003 11:26:56 -0000 though I thought that fee was only to cover distribution costs. I don't think the price of redhat enterprise is just to cover the distribution costs. On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 08:08:04PM -0500, Jacob Schmude wrote: > Hi > Actually, that's not true. The gpl states that anyone may charge money for a product, as long as the source is distributed with it. The gpl doesn't say that the > product has to be freely downloadable, it says that the source must be provided and that the user has the right to modify it. Many people seem to interpret this > as the product must be available at no cost, which is not true. RH is completely entitled to charge money for enterprise linux and not make it freely > downloadable, so long as they provide the source code with it. As the FSF says: think free speech not free beer. > HTH > On Tue, 4 Nov 2003 15:20:48 -0600 (CST), Nick Gawronski wrote: > > >Hi, You won't need to buy redhat enterprize linux if you don't want to. > >The new version will be freely downloadable and if it is not then that > >is a violation of the gpl. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Who is General Failure and why is he reading my hard disk?