[CentOS-devel] CentOS 7 and release numbering

Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com
Mon Jun 23 15:35:24 UTC 2014


On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 10:22 AM, Lamar Owen <lowen at pari.edu> wrote:
> On 06/23/2014 10:38 AM, Les Mikesell 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.
>
> It is a matter of opinion as to whether Red Hat's exercise of their
> right to terminate a subscription constitutes a 'restriction' on the
> right to redistribute source.

If an unpleasant consequence for doing something included in a
contract isn't a restriction, what would a restriction?    Does it
have to include death threats to make it real?

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    Les Mikesell
      lesmikesell at gmail.com



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