[CentOS] Red Hat CEO: Go Ahead, Copy Our Software
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
Fri Aug 16 17:12:55 UTC 2013
On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 11:53 AM, Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org> wrote:
>>> OK you are really that stupid
>>>
>>> the GPL doe snot talk about binaries at all
>> Exactly my point. Everything is about derived works. So binaries
>> cannot be exempt from the requirement that the work as a whole can
>> only be distributed under a license that permits free redistribution
>> and that additional restrictions cannot be added. If you want to
>> refute that, please quote the section stating what you think permits
>> it.
>>
>
> You CAN distribute both the Source and the Binaries under the GPL. You
> CAN'T do that and be in accordance with the Terms of Service for RHN.
Really? Are none of the trademark-restricted additions packaged into
GPLed items? Or is redistributing the trademark OK as long as nothing
is changed? If you could obtain a copy and didn't care about RNH,
could you ship straight RH binaries instead of rebuilding?
> So, you get to decide what you want to do. RHN is the customer portal
> that gives you access to help, updates, support, etc.
It is all sort of a technicality anyway without an update source.
Given the vulnerabilities that are always shipped, it would be
somewhat insane to run the code at all without a reliable source of
updates. Which I thank CentOS for providing...
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Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
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