I have been to have had Redhat center ring. In fact, Tucows. According to Redhat it's to preserve the integrity of the product and ensure people are getting the highest quality. The only way to ensure that is to no longer allow people to download the Redhat distribution, make a copy and sell it for the manufacturing cost of the CD and packaging. Sure you can still give Redhat away, and it's still free, just don't CALL it Redhat.
Distributions are only the start of it.
Now there is the Linux Fund, a company that not only is putting together a mutual fund for Linux commercial concerns but also has available a Linux credit card. Linux is evolving as fast as anything it this business, and I guess socialism is nice only up to the point of starvation. We welcome feedback on this article. If you wish to see your response reprinted, please include your phone number and address so that we may verify your writing. Your contact information will not be published.