On Tue, 20 Feb 2018 21:02:59 +0800 Genghuang Wang wangtianjiao.wang959@gmail.com wrote:
Hello, CentOS team and everyone who cares about CentOS,
Huawei release an Euler OS, which is an distribution based on CentOS. http://developer.huawei.com/ict/en/site-euleros/euleros-introduction
According to CentOS's statement, CentOS is distributed under the GPLv2 License. http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7.4.1708/os/x86_64/EULA
The GPL license requires the modified version to be open-source AND release in the GPL license, as well.
However, Huawei break the GPL license by close-source and replace the license with their proprietary one.
I picked up a few packages from it and they all retain their upstream License afaict (GPL). In their EULA they also say that a lot is "open source licensed".
If they use CentOS branding that would be a problem (although not related to GPL).
If they don't provide source upon request for any/all parts that are GPL that would be a problem (I have not checked).
Linux distributions don't really have one license, it's a collection of packages with various licenses...
/Peter