On 08/16/2013 01:27 PM, Les Mikesell wrote:
On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 1:17 PM, Ian Pilcher arequipeno@gmail.com wrote:
On 08/16/2013 12:45 PM, Les Mikesell wrote:
What about permitting redistribution? And if losing your RHN support as a consequence isn't a restriction that the "You may not impose any further restrictions on the recipients' exercise of the rights granted herein." covers, then what kind of restriction could that clause possibly mean?
RHN support is not a right granted by the GPL.
The GPL works by taking away the rights it grants if you violate the specified terms. Not adding further restrictions is one of those terms. How is that not a "further restriction"? Or if it isn't, what would be?
The word "herein" in the GPL snippet above is significant. The GPL does not allow further restrictions of "the rights granted herein" -- i.e. the rights granted by the GPL. Since RHN access (and other benefits of a Red Hat subscription) are not granted by the GPL, restrictions of *those* benefits are not relevant to this provision of the GPL.
You're obviously free to disagree with this interpretation of the GPL, but I know of no case law which supports such a position.