Why Would Fedora be Free ? Can it be Trusted?

[Wade Chandler]

Wade Chandler wrote:

> Chalonec Roger wrote:
> 
>> All,
>>
>> I am looking at using Fedora at my work and some people are asking the
>> following questions or have the following concerns that I did not know
>> how to answer:
>>
>> 1.  Why is fedora free and why would people work on it for free?
>> 2.  Some people are concerned that since Fedora is open source that they
>> don't know where the software comes from so they can't trust it.  How
>> can they trust it?
>> 3.  How are updates to Fedora vetted and accepted?
>> 4.  Does Redhat have any involvement with Fedora?
>> 5.  Does Redhat use the same processes in "controlling" fedora quality
>> and releases as it did the free versions of Redhat?
>> 6. Ostensibly Redhat offered free versions of Redhat Linux because they
>> could make a profit on support.  Now Redhat has built a market and
>> Redhat is no longer free.  What is the profit motivation of the Fedora
>> group and persons/orgs who make software contributions to it?  (By the
>> way, there is nothing wrong with profit.)
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Roger
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
> I usually don't try to be a jerk on the list, and I hope this isn't 
> taken as such.
> 
> http://fedora.redhat.com
> 
> says it all.  read it.
> 
> Wade
> 

All links right off the front page.

http://fedora.redhat.com/about/
http://fedora.redhat.com/about/objectives.html
http://fedora.redhat.com/about/faq/

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