On 7/3/19 1:43 AM, Harald Dunkel wrote: > Hi folks, > > AFAIK CentOS uses RedHat's source RPMs for building the next CentOS > release. I am not sure about the bootstrap procedure and the infra- > structure packages, so lets put these corner cases aside. > > RedHat's "regular" binary and source packages are based on open source > (GPL2, GPL3, Apache license, whatever). For building the binary RPMs > other open source RPMs with compatible license conditions are used. > > My question is: > > Are RedHat's binary RPMs "poisoned" somehow, making it impossible for > CentOS to redistribute RedHat's *binary* packages without going to jail? > > > Every insightful comment is highly appreciated. CentOS is a rebuild of RHEL source code .. we do not distribute RHEL binaries. IANAL - You would need to talk to yours to get an answer to the rest of your questions. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 198 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20190703/b593e1e4/attachment-0006.sig>