Re: question regarding the future

2019-05-03 Thread Tom H
On Fri, May 3, 2019 at 5:59 PM Mark Rousell wrote: > On 03/05/2019 08:19, Tom H wrote: >> >> Red hat can limit access to its source RPMs to its paying customers >> and prevent free rebuilds > > Although Red Hat have an extensive end user licence agreement, it is > generally accepted that no terms

Re: question regarding the future

2019-05-03 Thread Mark Rousell
On 03/05/2019 17:51, Olek Proskurowski wrote: Unless IBM decides to charge "modest" download fee.

Re: question regarding the future

2019-05-03 Thread Mark Rousell
On 03/05/2019 08:19, Tom H wrote: Red hat can limit access to its source RPMs to its paying customers and prevent free rebuilds Whilst it is true that Red Hat could legitimately limit access to its source code to authorised users of its software, I don't think this could or would prevent free

RE: Re[2]: question regarding the future

2019-05-03 Thread Bill Maidment
Oh! Dear! Not only is "redhat" two words, but so is "alot". Does that matter in computing? Well if you can slip up there, you will have real trouble with programming syntax ;-) Cheers (and only joking) Bill -Original message- > From:Maarten > Sent: Thursday 2nd May 2019 21:48 > To:

Re: question regarding the future

2019-05-03 Thread Tom H
On Wed, May 1, 2019 at 11:17 PM David Sommerseth wrote: > First of all, it is Red Hat (two words) :) Yes! :) > But I don't really understand this Red Hat scepticism. Anti-corporate world attitude? > What would Red Hat, even from a commercial standpoint, win by > crippling CentOS or its