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Red Hat releases Netscape Directory Server to OSS

Posted by Hemos on Monday June 6, 2005 @12:00AM from the free-free-set-them-free dept.

parry writes "Red Hat has released the Netscape Directory server acquired from Netscape Security Solutions under a "GPL + Exception" license. The Fedora Directory Server is made up of a number of different pieces of software, each with their own licensing. "

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Re:A little help by diegocgteleline.es · 2005-06-06 00:17 · Score: 4, Interesting

Microsoft's Active Directory and propietary directory servers for $BIG UNIXES. Red Hat plays in the "Big server" market so this is a mejor milestone for them - and for linux in the enterprise. Lots of netscape directory's customers will want to switch to redhat too.