“The Raleigh, North Carolina, company sent a letter to its
customers last week announcing that, effective April 30, 2004, it
would cease maintenance of its other Linux product, Red Hat Linux
9. As of that date, Red Hat Enterprise Linux will be the only
version of the server software available for purchase.“But Red Hat Enterprise Linux, which was designed as a more
business-friendly successor to the traditional Red Hat Linux, comes
with a different support contract than Red Hat Linux 9, one that
some users say is in conflict with the spirit of Linux’s software
license: the GPL…”