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    \section{The CentOS Distribution}
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\hypertarget{sec:Concepts:CentOS:Distribution}{}
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      \label{sec:Concepts:CentOS:Distribution}
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The CentOS Distribution is a free enterprise class computing platform
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to anyone who wishes to use it.  The CentOS Distribution is built from
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publicly available open source SRPMS provided by a prominent North
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American Enterprise Linux vendor.  The CentOS Distribution conforms
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fully with the upstream vendors redistribution policies and aims to be
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100\% binary compatible (The CentOS Project mainly changes packages to
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remove upstream vendor branding and artwork.).
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The CentOS Project releases its CentOS Distribution as a GPL work. The
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GPL applies to the software collection known as the CentOS
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Distribution.  Individual packages included in the distribution
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include their own licenses and the GPL applies to all packages that it
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does not clash with. If there is a clash between the GPL and
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individual package licenses, the individual package license applies
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instead.
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Neither the CentOS Project (we who build CentOS Distribution) nor any
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version of CentOS Distribution is affiliated with, produced by, or
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supported by the prominent North American Enterprise Linux vendor.
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Neither does our software contain the upstream vendor's product \dots
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although it is built from the same open source SRPMS as the upstream
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enterprise products.
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