Red Hat sells support, not license to run their binaries. The GPL restrictions you're talking about don't seem to be that significant - companies use Linux for anything you can imagine. Linux is as capitalist as it gets. On par with BSD and Windows. Regards Slav -----Original Message----- From: luv-talk-bounces@lists.luv.asn.au [mailto:luv-talk-bounces@lists.luv.asn.au] On Behalf Of Russell Coker Sent: Monday, 10 June 2013 11:09 PM No-one buys Linux. You can buy a license to a binary produced by compiling the kernel source (for example Red Hat licenses their binaries but gives their source away). But with the GPL there are significant restrictions on the ways that companies can use Linux. "This e-mail and any attachments to it (the "Communication") is, unless otherwise stated, confidential, may contain copyright material and is for the use only of the intended recipient. If you receive the Communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, delete the Communication and the return e-mail, and do not read, copy, retransmit or otherwise deal with it. Any views expressed in the Communication are those of the individual sender only, unless expressly stated to be those of Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited ABN 11 005 357 522, or any of its related entities including ANZ Bank New Zealand Limited (together "ANZ"). ANZ does not accept liability in connection with the integrity of or errors in the Communication, computer virus, data corruption, interference or delay arising from or in respect of the Communication."