On 2/23/06, Craig White <craigwhite(a)azapple.com> wrote:
there are some things that you aren't considering...
1 - Red Hat isn't required to put all their SRPM's on the net - free for
download, they only need to provide the SRPM's to purchasers and that
could be via other methods...it's simply the method that they are
choosing.
Thanks, Craig, for your insight. This here is something I'll have to
give some thought to, and could very well change my opinion. In
essence, by doing this, Red Hat Software is saying, "here's our source
code. If you want to rebuild RHEL, knock yourselves out." This is
the only counterpoint I've seen posted here that I feel has some
weight worth considering.
--
Chris
"I trust the Democrats to take away my money, which I can afford. I
trust the Republicans to take away my freedom, which I cannot."