Jaime Ventura wrote:
> Hello.
> Since CentOS is an Enterprise-class Linux Distribution derived from
> sources freely provided to the public by a prominent North American
> Enterprise Linux vendor, can that "prominent North American Enterprise
> Linux vendor" delay the release of the source of a specific package? If
> yes, for how long?
For components that aren't under the GPL there is no requirement for
them to release source at all. However their policy has always been to
make the source available and the good will of their customer base has
been built on that. And of course, most of the underlying content is
available from its original 'upstream' source if you can do without the
rpm packaging.
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Les Mikesell
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