Which distribution should Oldversion carry? since there exists hundreds, and many come on SEVERAL CD's, thats ALOT of space and bandwidth. and not all Linux distros can be downloaded for FREE.
SuSE does not permit downloads of their CURRENT versions. since they use an installer which does not fall under the GPL. or LGPL. ( the GNU Public License )
when i Purchased my last version of SuSE, it came on 8 CD's! Thats alot of data to download if one even could!
and Mandrake 8.1 came on 9 CD's.
You can purchase Linux from some stores, such as Best Buy, Staples, Barns and Noble Bookstore, CompUSA.
and there are many places to purchase Linux online.
and if Oldversion would carry Linux distro's, what about *BSD's?
well you cant download ISO's of OPENBSD do to the ISO layout being copyrighted,
But all is not lost, if you wish to download lots of distros, there exists PLENTY of places to download em from
almost every distro offers several mirrored sites for downloading, then there also exists.
http://www.LinuxISO.org. which hosts about 20 dozen distros.
http://www.distrowatch.com/ has links to about about 130 different Distros.