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Please stop perpetuating this misrepresentation that you can pay big bucks for RedHat Enterprise Linux or get the exact same software for free if you're willing
by CodeWriter23 10y ago
Please stop perpetuating this misrepresentation that you can pay big bucks for RedHat Enterprise Linux or get the exact same software for free if you're willing to accept a name change to CentOS.
- cyphar 10y agoYou're confusing the meaning of the word "free" here. It refers to freedom, not price. RHEL and SLE both are free software distributions (mostly) and so you have the legal right (as per their license) to distribute the software.
- marcoperaza 10y agoRight, which means that they can't base their business on selling copies of the software. They make money by selling support and access to supplemental (proprietary) resources.