[CentOS] Does Huawei break the license of CentOS?

Peter Kjellström cap at nsc.liu.se
Tue Feb 27 08:08:18 UTC 2018


On Fri, 23 Feb 2018 17:27:51 +0800
Genghuang Wang <wangtianjiao.wang959 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello
> 
> I have found the Docker images for the above-mentioned Euler OS.
> 
> https://github.com/euleros/euleros-docker-images/blob/master/2.2/EulerOS-2.2.tar.xz
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Docker_(software)
> 
> However, after opening it, I find it to be "shared object" files.
> 
> It is not the source code, which should include source file and
> headers.

You seem confused. A docket image is not expected to contain any source
code. It's a container format (all-inclusive application packaging).
 
> And according to the
> https://github.com/euleros/euleros-docker-images/blob/master/README.md
> They claim it to be GPLv2, which is in contradiction with the EULA

IANL but I don't see the contradiction. Most components in that image
is GPL etc.

> So I am considering open an issue there, asking for it to be
> open-source.

They say it is open source. So if you open an issue the relevant
question is: Where can I find the source code for ...?

/Peter



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