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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 wou
by 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 agoWhat 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 agoBut can Red Hat restrict its users from further distributing the source code or would they be allowed to do that?
- jraph 3y agoThey 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.