> On Fri, Jun 23, 2023 at 9:44 AM Simon Matter <simon.matter at invoca.ch> > wrote: >> >> > On Fri, Jun 23, 2023 at 7:47 AM Peter Georg >> > <peter.georg at physik.uni-regensburg.de> wrote: >> >> >> >> On 22/06/2023 12.56, Josh Boyer wrote: >> >> > On Thu, Jun 22, 2023 at 6:51 AM Leon Fauster via CentOS-devel >> >> > <centos-devel at centos.org> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> Hi All, >> >> >> >> >> >> I wonder if someone is in the role/position to shed some more >> light >> >> on >> >> >> the topic as announced here >> >> >> https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/furthering-evolution-centos-stream >> >> >> >> >> >> Any deadlines? Does this target only EL10 or also any current >> >> release? >> >> > >> >> > It is in effect now for RHEL 8 and 9 and will continue for any >> future >> >> > RHEL releases. The development and source code for all of these >> >> > releases will continue to happen through the CentOS Stream project. >> >> > >> >> > RHEL 7 and CentOS Linux 7 are not affected. >> >> > >> >> >> Would be great if some discussion/communication could be happen. >> >> Thanks! >> >> > >> >> > If you have more questions, please ask and we can try to address >> them. >> >> >> >> I do indeed have a question. The Kmods SIG currently provides >> artifacts >> >> for both CentOS Stream and RHEL. To achieve that we have established >> >> some automation using GitLab CI to avoid human interaction as far as >> >> possible. For that to work we do need access to the following sources >> >> from RHEL (version numbers are just examples): >> >> >> >> kernel-5.14.0-284.18.1.el9_2.src.rpm >> >> >> >> or >> >> >> >> linux-5.14.0-284.18.1.el9_2.tar.xz (which is included in the >> src.rpm). >> >> >> >> So far we have downloaded the tarball from git.centos.org/sources >> >> >> >> However, my understanding is that new versions of these files will >> not >> >> be provided anymore. In fact the example listed here (current RHEL 9 >> >> kernel) is already not provided anymore. >> > >> > Your understanding is correct. >> > >> >> What I don't understand is this: as a Red Hat customer with paid >> subscription, I'm still able to download >> kernel-5.14.0-284.18.1.el9_2.src.rpm, right? >> >> If I do so and extract the kernel-5.14.0-284.18.1.el9_2.src.rpm archive, >> can I put the resulting files on a public server and let others download >> the files? >> >> Regards, >> Simon > > The kernel is GPL, so "yes", as long as you're willing to make any > changes you add to the source code available to people who get the > binaries. Do review the GPL, it's an interesting license. I'm not talking about binaries at all. I only say I can get the source in the form of file kernel-5.14.0-284.18.1.el9_2.src.rpm, extract it, and distribute the resulting files to the whole world. I and everybody else can then build binaries from these sources, with or without further changes. Isn't this the whole point of the GPL? Simon