[ale] Redhat security updates available on RHN only ?

[Danny Cox]

Jerry,

On Tue, 2002-08-13 at 11:52, Jerry Z. Yu wrote:
> I were following errata page on RedHat. For bind* updates for RH73, it 
> says "The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat 
> Network".  however, I can get those packages from anonymous  
> ftp://updates.redhat.com.  we didn't subscribe to RHN and no plan to do so 
> in near future either. My question is, is this violates RedHat's rights ? 
> Or they become ridiculous to start to charge for timely security fix?

	I downloaded a new bind package via redcarpet on 12-Aug for my RH 7.2
system, so I don't think so.  I also believe Red Hat has as one of it's
policies that all software it provides is GPL or LGPL.

	Please correct me if I'm wrong.

-- 
kernel, n.: A part of an operating system that preserves the
medieval traditions of sorcery and black art.

Danny


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