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If the boot disc has GPL code and you modify the code, the GPL applies. You would have to make your modifications available under the GPL when you distribute an
by ece 3y ago
If the boot disc has GPL code and you modify the code, the GPL applies. You would have to make your modifications available under the GPL when you distribute and allow others the same freedom you just used. It's the whole point of having the GPL.
Red hat wants their fork to be different, I don't see why it should be.
- tmottabr 3y agoNo, there is no new restriction.. GPL say what rights you have and what Red Hat can sue you for, not what Red Hat need to give you in the future. You have the right to change and share the sources and Red Hat cannot sue you for that if you choose to do it. GPL does not say anything about Red Hat giving you access or selling you new versions. An example, lets say you buy whatever 1.0 under GPL from Red Hat, and they make the sources available. GPL say that Red Hat cannot sue you for sharing the sources to whatever 1.0, but they will not sell you whatever 2.0 if you do so, and there is nothing in GPL require then to. The restriction is not on GPL, is in your business relation with Red Hat going forward, and that does not break GPL.
- ece 3y agoThat seems like a terrible business idea to me, but hey, open source is more of a development model than a business model.