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But these restrictions are on the account not the code? This will probably end up in court anyway.

• basch 3y ago
  they sell you version 5. you redistribute the 5 source code. they refuse to sell you version 6, therefore not making you eligible to receive the version 6 source. refusing to sell you version 6 isnt a restriction on what you can do with 5. it is terminating the relationship going forward.
  • jtriangle 3y ago
    This whole thing seems absolutely trivial to get around to be honest. Rocky just needs to have additional gmail addresses to tie licenses to. IBM doesn't need to know that Rocky is a customer, nor do they actually have the ability to know outside of whatever glad-handing Rocky is currently involved in with IBM. It seems to me like Rocky wants to stay in bed with RHEL for unknown reasons, so they're playing nice. If there wasn't some benefit to doing so, they could simply anonymize their sources and RHEL et al couldn't prevent them from doing so.
    • basch 3y ago
      contractually, using gmail addresses and fake identities might land you in hot water, if you are buying the product under a contract.