Thread: A small question about Red Hat
Hi,
Red Hat is Open Source and is freely downloadable, right? But, if I have acquired a CD from some source, other than Red Hat, can I install on unlimited Computers? Secondly, what if he had purchased the CD, would a copy of it be illegal?
Also, is it easy to learn FreeBSD for someone like me who knows just VB and not even NT completely. Is FreeBSD graphical also?
Small copyrite question
Thanx,
Kapil
Hi,
>
> Red Hat is Open Source and is freely downloadable, right? But, if I
> have acquired a CD from some source, other than Red Hat, can I install
> on unlimited Computers? Secondly, what if he had purchased the CD,
> would a copy of it be illegal?
From my limited understanding, I believe that when you purchase a redhat
CD, your actually purchasing support from Redhat e-mail and phone
support for a certain duration, if you'd like to extend your contract
with them, I further believe that you may come to terms with them...
You are allowed to install their software to as many computers as you
wish... You don't even have to buy a cd, you can simply burn a copy
from your friend or download the ISO from sites around the world and
install to your hearts content.
But I'm not from Redhat so my Opinions about them may be
wrong...somewhat... maybe...;-)
>
> Also, is it easy to learn FreeBSD for someone like me who knows just
> VB and not even NT completely. Is FreeBSD graphical also?
>
FreeBSD has a graphical interface... Actually Linux and FreeBSD share
the graphical interface, tools, commands, etc... They just differ in
the manner they are developed, maintained, and copied.. How? (Not to
start any religious wars or anything) But currently FreeBSD is under
the BSD License while Linux is under the GPL License...
They're both open source, but if I were say a _VERY_ _VERY_ large
company who would like to "extend" it's services and incorporate code
that has been written, into a proprietary software that I'd like to make
a profit on, I'd choose the BSD license...;-)
But I ain't no lawyer either so I could be wrong...;-)
Cheers,
John Clark
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(not relevant to postgresql, so I suggest you ask this on e.g. redhat-list: http://www.redhat.com/mailing-lists/ ) "Kapil Tilwani" <karan_pg_2@yahoo.com> writes: > Red Hat is Open Source and is freely downloadable, right? But, if I > have acquired a CD from some source, other than Red Hat, can I install > on unlimited Computers? Yes. > Secondly, what if he had purchased the CD, would a copy of it be > illegal? No. > Also, is it easy to learn FreeBSD for someone like me who knows just > VB and not even NT completely. Is FreeBSD graphical also? It has the same underlying programs as Linux has for graphical display (X, Gnome/KDE) - you might have a harder time getting accelerated 3D graphics, other than that, the programs are similar. -- Trond Eivind Glomsrød Red Hat, Inc.
Do all *NIX programs work on all others ? Do Unix programs run on Linux and vice-versa... ??? Would FreeBSD UNIX programs work on SCO-Unix, etc.? Thanx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trond Eivind Glomsrød" <teg@redhat.com> To: "Kapil Tilwani" <karan_pg_2@yahoo.com> Cc: <pgsql-general@postgresql.org> Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2001 7:49 PM Subject: Re: [GENERAL] A small question about Red Hat > (not relevant to postgresql, so I suggest you ask this on > e.g. redhat-list: http://www.redhat.com/mailing-lists/ ) > > "Kapil Tilwani" <karan_pg_2@yahoo.com> writes: > > > Red Hat is Open Source and is freely downloadable, right? But, if I > > have acquired a CD from some source, other than Red Hat, can I install > > on unlimited Computers? > > Yes. > > > Secondly, what if he had purchased the CD, would a copy of it be > > illegal? > > No. > > > Also, is it easy to learn FreeBSD for someone like me who knows just > > VB and not even NT completely. Is FreeBSD graphical also? > > It has the same underlying programs as Linux has for graphical display > (X, Gnome/KDE) - you might have a harder time getting accelerated 3D > graphics, other than that, the programs are similar. > > -- > Trond Eivind Glomsrød > Red Hat, Inc. > _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Kapil Tilwani wrote:
>
> Do all *NIX programs work on all others ? Do Unix programs run on Linux and
> vice-versa... ??? Would FreeBSD UNIX programs work on SCO-Unix, etc.?
>
Ah.... No...;-)
If your source code (program) can be cross-compiled (assuming static
library linking) to that system, then your program would run... If you
are transfering binaries... Well then, good luck...;-)
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John Clark Naldoza y Lopez wrote:
>
> Kapil Tilwani wrote:
> >
> > Do all *NIX programs work on all others ? Do Unix programs run on Linux and
> > vice-versa... ??? Would FreeBSD UNIX programs work on SCO-Unix, etc.?
> >
>
> Ah.... No...;-)
>
Actualy ...
Kind of yes
Using IBCS{Intel Binary Compatability System} is is supposed to be
possible.
I have never realy tried but it has been in the linux kernel for ever.
Most of the Unix systems I work with do not run on Intel processors, so
it has not been worth looking into for me. I believe Solaris and OpenBSD
have IBCS or somthing similar, but like I said I never paid much
attention
to it. Since most software is avalible as source, I normaly configure
then
compile the software to work the same on all platforms. With the *NIX
variants
and Linux approching the evolving POSIX standard, using POSIX and cross
platform
compatable libraries, the binary compatability should be easier to deal
with
for the same processor family.
Guy Fraser
> If your source code (program) can be cross-compiled (assuming static
> library linking) to that system, then your program would run... If you
> are transfering binaries... Well then, good luck...;-)
>
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