[WBEL-devel] Re: How to get the RHEL Errata?

[donavan nelson]

I'm working something at this time.  If John likes it will be another matter.  :D

.dn

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---------- Original Message -----------
From: "Vlad Mazek" <vlad@spotdev.com>
To: <whitebox-devel@beau.org>
Sent: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 10:42:56 -0500
Subject: RE: [WBEL-devel] Re: How to get the RHEL Errata? 

> Exactly. And for about $800 for a single subscription I can download 
> the SRPMS, rebuild the whole OS and roll it out to my 70 something 
> servers and be done. They are betting that people such as myself are 
> very limited and no matter what they did they couldn't make the kind 
> of money they expect from me. Are they going to install crippleware 
> or reinvent the way they do business just so they can $800 from me? 
> I doubt it.
> 
> More to the point, however.. How will we handle errata notifications 
> on this project? 
> 
> -Vlad
> 
> Vlad Mazek (vlad@ownwebnow.com)
> OwnWebNow Corp.
> Phone: (877) 546-0316 Fax: (954) 839-8737
> Web: http://www.ownwebnow.com
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: whitebox-devel-admin@beau.org [mailto:whitebox-devel-admin@beau.org]
> On Behalf Of William Hooper
> Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 10:25 AM
> To: whitebox-devel@beau.org
> Subject: RE: [WBEL-devel] Re: How to get the RHEL Errata? 
> 
> John A. Tamplin  said:
> > They can't easily restrict access to
> > the errata because they would run afoul of GPL...
> 
> Bzzz!  Wrong answer.  The GPL only states you have to give the 
> source to people you give the binaries to.  Since you can only get 
> the binaries w/a support contract and RHN, they only have to provide 
> the source to those people.
> 
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> William Hooper
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