On 23 June 2014 15:38, Les Mikesell lesmikesell@gmail.com wrote:
The GPL requires that anyone who receives sources has the right to redistribute them freely, although Red Hat seems to think they can restrict this right if they do it by tying the restriction to the support contract.
[Citation neeeded]. As far as I'm aware, you can do whatever you like as long as you don't trample on RedHat's trademarks.
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