Re: Red Hat kits
Posted by
Ron Ginger
on 2000-01-25 06:36:22 UTC
Red Hat packages a lot of different CD's. In all cases there is 1 CD that
has the entire O/S and the 'common' packages on it. Generally this is all
one needs, and it is what many books include bundled in, as well as several
companies that copy and sell their own CDs. It seems amazing to me, but it
is fully legal to copy the CD image off Red Hats site, print your own CDs
and sell them for whatever you can. www.cheapbytes.com is one such company,
but there are many.
The Second CD in most packages is a source distribution- part of the GPL
licensee says you must offer the source code for anything you distribute
under GPL. Unless you intend to start re-programming a package you don't
need the source.
The additional CD's, and I have seen packages from Red Hat the include as
many as 6 CDs, contain any number of optional packages, things like secure
Web servers, or extra source code packages, etc.
So, for the most part, the single CD that holds the base package is all you
need.
ron
has the entire O/S and the 'common' packages on it. Generally this is all
one needs, and it is what many books include bundled in, as well as several
companies that copy and sell their own CDs. It seems amazing to me, but it
is fully legal to copy the CD image off Red Hats site, print your own CDs
and sell them for whatever you can. www.cheapbytes.com is one such company,
but there are many.
The Second CD in most packages is a source distribution- part of the GPL
licensee says you must offer the source code for anything you distribute
under GPL. Unless you intend to start re-programming a package you don't
need the source.
The additional CD's, and I have seen packages from Red Hat the include as
many as 6 CDs, contain any number of optional packages, things like secure
Web servers, or extra source code packages, etc.
So, for the most part, the single CD that holds the base package is all you
need.
ron