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Years ago (linux-kernel 2.6 days) I found Red Hat was somewhat at odds with FSF values. Red Hat does abide by the letter by the GPL by releasing source as lega
by srer 6y ago
Years ago (linux-kernel 2.6 days) I found Red Hat was somewhat at odds with FSF values.
Red Hat does abide by the letter by the GPL by releasing source as legally required, but in a form that's inconvenient to work with:
https://lwn.net/Articles/430098/ https://lwn.net/Articles/430098/
Apparently you could access the individual patches through your Red Hat subscription, but the conditions of the subscription prohibited you from sharing them.
https://lwn.net/Articles/430132/ https://lwn.net/Articles/430132/ (see pzb's comment).
Red Hat/IBM is (presumably) doing what they believe will lead to continued commercial success in our current environment, I'm OK with that. But I don't really consider their condemnation of the FSF as anything of note beyond the loss of a donation.