Repeating after Ed: The Red Hat Linux 9 distribution is distributable under the GNU Public License.
I never questioned that. My post was more so looking at positive/negative aspects of p2p distribution of shrike. Not as much the fact that non RHN members are getting it. I know they had to expect a certain amount of sharing. That leaves me wondering if they partially intended this as an experiment to test the amount of sharing, and how that effects the demand on Red Hat and the mirrors next Monday. On Tue, 2003-04-01 at 12:56, Ed Wilts wrote: > On Tue, Apr 01, 2003 at 10:59:56AM -0500, Jeff Bearer wrote: > > I bet this is a little bitter sweet for Red Hat, while BitTorrent will > > save them and the mirrors tremendous bandwidth, I bet they would prefer > > that this came out next Monday when shrike is released to the public. > > > > I wonder how companies like Red Hat feel about programs like BitTorrent > > as a primary method of distribution? > > Repeat after me: The Red Hat Linux 9 distribution is distributable > under the GNU Public License. Now how do you think Red Hat feels? Do > you think they're so naive that they didn't think was going to happen? > Even if the product was fully proprietary with a closed license, it would > still make it out. The license is open - there is absolutely nothing > wrong with distributing as many copies as you want. Just because all > the mirrors don't have it available doesn't mean anything. The more > people that get it from BitTorrent, the less load on RHN and the less > load on all the mirrors next week. > > Officially, the software has not been released, but it has been > announced. > > If you are going to be downloading via BitTorrent, please do yourself a > favor and look at the official MD5SUMS before you burn the CDs. MD5 > tools are available for Windows too (I ran one on XP this morning). Mine > passed, but that doesn't mean that your's will. > > -- > Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- Jeff Bearer, RHCE Webmaster, PittsburghLIVE.com -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
