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How does that work out with the GPL?

• jraph 3y ago
  It works out ok. The GPL only requires Red Hat to provide the source code to its users, not the whole world. A license requiring publication on the internet would be considered non-free by the GNU project. It would also be rejected by Debian because it would fail the Desert Island test [1]. [1] https://wiki.debian.org/DesertIslandTest https://wiki.debian.org/DesertIslandTest
  • apple4ever 3y ago
    What a massive hole in the GPL, and its wild it would be considered "non-free" when most people would actually consider it free. Another reason I do not like that license.
  • steve1977 3y ago
    But can Red Hat restrict its users from further distributing the source code or would they be allowed to do that?
    • jraph 3y ago
      They can't, but they could do something like GRSecurity, saying that they would end their contract with / stop giving anybody who distributes it further updates.