On Wednesday 01 October 2008 23:34:27 Atanu Datta wrote:
> On Wed, October 1, 2008 11:25 pm, Sandip Bhattacharya said:
> > * Any particular reason why nobody from Debian or elsewhere has
> > actually cribbed about RHN not being open source?
>
> Because RHN's upstream, i.e., Spacewalk is open source -- exactly the
> same reason why no one *cribs* about Star Office, which is based on
> OOo, being closed source. Does Launchpad also have an upstream that
> is open?
>

My apologies. I have not been keeping up with the developments in the RH 
world, and hence this analogy. I just read a bit about it and I take my 
words back.

http://www.press.redhat.com/2008/06/19/rhn-satellite-goes-open-source-project-spacewalk/

Of course, it is probably still relevant to some degree that it took 
them seven years to reach here, and even this is quite a recent 
development. Of course, nothing changes the fact that this is by itself 
a very laudable initiative, and addresses one of my long standing 
grouse against RH.

- Sandip





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