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Re: [PLUG] Sharing distros
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> Most distro companies usually include some non-free software on the retail
> disks as a bonus for paying for the distro. Red Hat has included various
> things such as MetroX, BRU, and a Real Audio server. CheapBytes downloads
> the ISO images and burns them onto a CD.
This stuff (BRU, etc) is on the Applications CD, I believe, and not the OS
CD. It's not installed by default (the default installation method uses only
the OS CD). So maybe it's just illegal to copy & re-distribute the Apps CD.
> The simplest way to determine any of this is to read the documentation
> that comes with the distribution. I know Red Hat is very clear about
> which parts are not redistributable.
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