No, I will check it out for sure. -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Wade Chandler Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 8:53 AM To: For users of Fedora Core releases Subject: Re: Why Would Fedora be Free ? Can it be Trusted? Chalonec Roger wrote: > All, > > I am looking at using Fedora at my work and some people are asking the > following questions or have the following concerns that I did not know > how to answer: > > 1. Why is fedora free and why would people work on it for free? 2. > Some people are concerned that since Fedora is open source that they > don't know where the software comes from so they can't trust it. How > can they trust it? 3. How are updates to Fedora vetted and accepted? > 4. Does Redhat have any involvement with Fedora? > 5. Does Redhat use the same processes in "controlling" fedora quality > and releases as it did the free versions of Redhat? > 6. Ostensibly Redhat offered free versions of Redhat Linux because they > could make a profit on support. Now Redhat has built a market and > Redhat is no longer free. What is the profit motivation of the Fedora > group and persons/orgs who make software contributions to it? (By the > way, there is nothing wrong with profit.) > > Thanks, > > Roger > > > > > I usually don't try to be a jerk on the list, and I hope this isn't taken as such. http://fedora.redhat.com says it all. read it. Wade -- Wade Chandler Red-e Set Grow, LLC Phone: 336-777-0075 x1705 Email: wchandler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.redesetgrow.com -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
