Oracle-L: Re: redhat/oracle

From: Brian Haas <bhaas_at_musiciansfriend.com>
Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2003 11:34:25 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.005D5913.20031104113425@fatcity.com>

Thater, William wrote:
> so now that Linux has "made it" are we going to have a Linux provider melt
> down? with no open source/free versions left?

I doubt it. Redhat or any other company can't "lock up" GPL'd software. The only thing they can keep you from copying/distributing is any proprietary applications they have added to the distribution.

AFAIK, you can download RH AS, just not is ISO form. The RPM's are available on their FTP site.

-Brian

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