The Rails Wheels licencing system and Open Source

[Mark James]

Matthew Flaschen wrote:

> I define commercial software as software people make money off of,

In that case, most open-source software is commercial software,
because developers are usually willing to accept payment to do
work related to it, and often solicit donations.


> All of the above also have commercial support available.  No open source
> project has compulsory support contracts, as you can always get a fork
> that does not require one.

So although you can't download Red Hat without purchasing a
subscription, you can still get the de-branded, binary-compatible
CentOS for free.

Mark