Re: Ubuntu founder doesn't "get" enterprise Linux

[Aaron Konstam]

On Thu, 2007-02-01 at 22:36 +0000, Alan wrote:
> > I thought when RHEL started there was a matter of some its binaries not
> > being distributable because they were proprietary.
>
> The RHEL package includes some bundled applications from other vendors
> that are proprietary (Java interpreters, media players that kind of
> thing), separate to the OS itself. They are not required as part of the
> system.
>
> Alan

Well if these bundled applications are what you get when you buy RHEL
than I would say the distribution is in some sense closed. Whether they
are required for the system to run seems irrelevant. They are part of
RHEL. Or am I not understanding what you are saying?