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Shouldn't that be simple to test though? Sign up for one of the hosting providers that uses them and ask for the source code too their kernel and see what they
by lokedhs 9y ago
Shouldn't that be simple to test though? Sign up for one of the hosting providers that uses them and ask for the source code too their kernel and see what they reply.
If I were to guess, I think that they'd argue that providing you with an environment on which you can run your software doesn't equate with "distribution" under the GPL.
Keep in mind that the cloud issues (and patents) were what caused GPL v3 to be written in the first place.
- simcop2387 9y agoYea that's why I specifically mentioned modules in my original comment. It might be possible to argue that you don't get to see the kernel image so it wasn't distributed to you, but if they gave you modules from that kernel that you can load/unload then it'd be a lot harder to make that argument that they weren't distributed to you.