Posted by Aragorn on 11/27/05 02:23

On Sunday 27 November 2005 01:13, opensourcearts@gmail.com stood up and
spoke the following words to the masses in /comp.os.linux.advocacy...:/

> Dell sells serves with RedHat Linux bundled with Oracle on the same
> hard drive.
>
>
http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=04&kc=6W300&l=en&oc=pe2800pw23se1&s=bsd
>
> Is this a violation of the GPL?
>
> Thanks!!

I don't see why it should be. Oracle is a userspace application and is
not entertwined in any way with the underlying GNU/Linux operating
system, and certainly not with the Linux kernel. There is nothing in
the GPL that states that one cannot run proprietary software on a Free
Software operating system.

Both RedHat and Oracle are perfectly legally distributed.

--
With kind regards,

*Aragorn*
(Registered GNU/Linux user #223157)

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