[Yum] yum and RH9 license

Hedemark, Magnus CHedemark at trueposition.com
Mon Oct 6 18:56:39 UTC 2003


jcosta asks:

> If we use Yum on a production RH 9 server, and point to a 3rd-party
> repository, no subscription fees are due to Red Hat, correct? 

Correct.  But it would still be nice if you bought something to help pay for
those updates.

>  I know it
> doesn't make logical sense that RH would be able to collect a fee for
> applying maintenance to a box even though the maintenance 
> doesn't come from
> Red Hat;  has anyone checked the wording of the License 
> agreement for Red
> Hat 9?

You mean the Gnu GPL?

It's free speech and free beer.



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