[Info-vax] Thoughts on VSI Community License Program

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 8/15/20 1:48 PM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
> In article <rh9236$de6$1 at panix2.panix.com>, kludge at panix.com (Scott
> Dorsey) writes:
> 
>> Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) <helbig at asclothestro.multivax.de> wrote:
>>>
>>> No.  They are legally not allowed to charge for using Linux.
>>
>> They do, however.  If you think this is not legal, you are free to try and
>> convince a judge that they are doing wrong.
> 
> As someone else pointed out, they charge for their distribution, not for
> Linux itself.  I'm sure that it is possible to get the Linux source
> completely free, legally, and build it.
> 

It's been a long time, but the last time I looked you could get
the source for Fedora, the free RedHat distribution but there
were parts that came with commercial RedHat that did not come
with Fedora and you could not get them without paying RedHat.

Personally, I stopped even looking at RedHat before I even left
the University.  I saw no advantage in there distribution over
many others.

bill