sherlock@vsnl.com wrote:
In effect the commercial distros companies are providing expertise not just software and they are fully justified in charging what ever they please. And you can have a completely legal parasitic existence by the above methods. In fact you can provide better services and charge more (after RTFM) than them.
So then happy legal copying and installing of RH, Suse, whatever. If you ask me i would tell you to use Debian and avoid the pain trying to remove logos while simultaneously not providing word of mouth advertising and a ready-to-eat client to your competitor.
rgds jtd
Thanks for the information. It does clarify that one cannot simply copy and install a full pack of a paid linux distro without stripping it off its copyrighted material, something that may be usefull for an organisation for full driver support and manual reference. I am not against companies that charge or make money. I try my best to encourage people to buy legal software and did manage to convince a few. I use legal software in my comps even though its very easy to use the pirated ones. What I don't like is the unnecessary hype about linux being free and the way people attack microsoft for making money. I do admire Bill Gates for the way he set up an international empire right from a small shed. Ultimately every software company wants to make money and capture the market.
I will get the debian cds and try it out.
Regards,
Rony.