[Info-vax] Thoughts on VSI Community License Program

[Scott Dorsey]

Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) <helbig at asclothestro.multivax.de> wrote:
>In article <rh91vq$c6q$1 at panix2.panix.com>, kludge at panix.com (Scott
>Dorsey) writes: 
>
>> >> Of course, because of the terms, Red Hat couldn't charge for Linux
>> >> itself even if they wanted to.
>> >
>> >Unless they have some other source of revenue, it appears they are 
>> >successful without charging license fees.
>> 
>> Red Hat sure does charge license fees.  You can't use a Red Hat distro 
>> without paying for it.  It's not cheap either.
>
>Right, but the fee is not for Linux itself.

That's true.  Linux is just the kernel, and you can get it directly from
Linus.

However, if you want to actually use it for something, you need the rest
of the distro and if you get it from Red Hat you have to pay them.
--scott
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