> RPM == RedHat Package Manager
> ^^^^^^
RPM was originally a RedHat-tool. However, it is no longer a RedHat or Linux-only
tool. (it is known to run on Linux - Sparc/Intel/PowerPC/Alpha/m68k/SGI, Solaris -
Sparc/Intel, Hewlett-Packard HP-UX 10.20,
SCO OpenServer 5.0.2, Digital UNIX 3.2/4.0, SunOS 4.1.3, HP-UX 9.05, AIX 3.2.5, NCR
v2.02)
>From the rpm.org website <URL: http://www.rpm.org/ >:
"RPM is the Red Hat Package Manager. While it does contain Red Hat in the name, it is
completely intended to be an open packaging system available for anyone to use. It
allows users to take source code for new software and package it into source and
binary form such that binaries can be easily installed and tracked and source can be
rebuilt easily. It also maintains a database of all packages and their files that can
be used for verifying packages and querying for information about files and/or
packages.
Red Hat Software encourages other distribution vendors to take the time to look at RPM
and use it for their own distributions. RPM is quite flexible and easy to use, though
it provides the base for a very extensive system. It is also completely open and
available, though we would appreciate bug reports and fixes. Permission is granted to
use and distribute RPM royalty free under the GPL. "
So, yes, the "R" in "RPM" stands for RedHat, but that doesn't mean that RPM == RedHat.
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