hi list
Joseph John wrote:
> I have some doubts , if any one can download Red Hat
> Linux freely and distribute.
http://www.stallman.org/thegnuproject.html
where he says of the choice of word "free" , it's free as in "freedom" ,
the free of freedom to change/ modify and lend the program to others.
even stallman was shipping Emacs on tapes.
> 1. Doesn�t RedHat loses revenue
what u get in package can in any way assembled from different sources if
u know enough! packaging is charging for the pain someone has gone thru
putting all this in one place.
> 3. What is the difference between having official
> RedHat Linux and downloaded Linux
official means with 'support', for which u r paying the company +
additional features which are not in ftp-able package + charges of
course!!
HTH
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