[CentOS-devel] [EXT] Re: Furthering the evolution of CentOS Stream

Mon Jun 26 12:48:01 UTC 2023
Nico Kadel-Garcia <nkadel at gmail.com>

On Mon, Jun 26, 2023 at 8:15 AM Phil Perry <pperry at elrepo.org> wrote:
>
> On 26/06/2023 11:12, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 23, 2023 at 9:44 AM Simon Matter <simon.matter at invoca.ch> wrote:

> > 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.
>
> However, my understanding is that Red Hat are saying or implying that by
> redistributing the source, you are in breach of their T&C's (not the
> GPL) and as such they would have the right to terminate your contract
> meaning you would no longer have access to said sources. (Please review
> the T&Cs you agreed with Red Hat as a paying customer)

Wow. I'm staring at the RHEL 9 kernel, and "rpm -qi output:

    License     : GPLv2 and Redistributable, no modification permitted

That.... is confusing, and is one of the reasons for the GPLv3. As I
understand that particular kernel, it means "you can't modify it and
claim new copyrights or licenses". I admit that it's confusing, and a
casual reading would discourage people from locally patching and
publishing their modified kernels. But I've not published tweaked
kernels in years.