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List:       fedora-marketing-list
Subject:    Fedora and open source software
From:       Rahul Sundaram <sundaram () redhat ! com>
Date:       2005-09-17 18:21:52
Message-ID: 432C5BF0.4070206 () redhat ! com
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Hi

I just came across your article on a quick introduction to several 
distribution. http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=414291&seqNum=5
While the description of Fedora is on the spot, but it seems to be 
making the all too common mistake of comparing open source software to 
commercial software. The comparison is actually between open source and 
proprietary software instead. The term used here is important because it 
conveys the idea that open source cannot be commercialized.  While I 
wouldnt want to detail out all the different means to create commercial 
open source software it is suffice to say that while the Fedora Project 
does have not include any proprietary software as "purists", it does 
include software that be commercialized into a product by anyone which 
not too surprisingly is what Red Hat itself does.

Thank you for your notes on Fedora

regards
Rahul

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