[linux-elitists] RedHat drops the other shoe

[Lee]

On Thursday 27 February 2003 10:13, Net Llama! wrote:
> My $deity, its horrifying that Redhat actually wants to make a profit!
> Such bastards.
>
> Sorry, but i don't see how this is a bad thing.  Granted, i haven't seen
> the actual email in question, but i suspect that ftp://updates.redhat.com
> will remain freely accessible, and that anyone wanting automagic updates
> would have to pay.  Getting a service usually means paying for said
> service.  The fact that Redhat provided it gratis for this long should be
> commended.
>
> Correct me if I'm wrong but Red Hat is open-source isn't it? I seem to 
recall that Caldera went down a similiar road and their apologists applauded 
them for wanting to make money so they could continue churning out 
open-source for a fee. Now the son of Caldera (SCO) wants to sue everybody 
who uses linux. Kinda makes you wonder when RH is going to sue everybody 
using RPM.