bittorrent came out to be even better than i thought. i am getting 500+kbps download speed.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Gabriel & Emily" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 2:14 PM Subject: Re: [uug] Redhat iso thru bittorresnt > > My point was that to be ethical, only paid subscribers should be > > downloading the isos period, from whatever source. Anyway. > > I flat-out disagree. Subscribers get access to RedHat's network and > support. The world gets access to the code! What's next - not sharing your > CD with you buds at the UUG until they show up at Comp U.S.A? > > RedHat has a problem; It went into business selling a product that is open > source and free. They didn't write 1/100th of the code that they are > distributing. Whatever types of fees they want to charge their customers, > is their business. > > I think it's great they make a distribution of the various packages (it > happens to be my favorite distro - for now), but it doesn't concern me if > someone downloads software with an open license from a source other than the > distributor. It's that ability to do so that has made so many of the open > source projects as great as they are. Without the freedom to do this RedHat > wouldn't have the great apps to put together for the great distro that > RedHat is. > > Now, before some of you get exercised about "supporting the companies" and > so on.. I do believe in supporting them - all of them. I would be much > more likely to send some money or submit a patch to fix a bug to the folks > that maintain the code for PostgreSQL (or OO.org, GIMP, GNOME .... than the > company that the rolls it into the RPMs; that would be support. > > Thanks for letting me rant. > > Gabe > > ____________________ > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
