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This situation is somewhat confusing, as someone who doesn't have a RedHat subscription. Rocky and Alma claim that RH's new policy is a hindrance to the re-dist
by powersnail 3y ago
This situation is somewhat confusing, as someone who doesn't have a RedHat subscription. Rocky and Alma claim that RH's new policy is a hindrance to the re-distribution of RH's code, while RH's staff claims that "Anyone is allowed to create an account, get GPL'ed code and redistribute that code as much as they want according to the license".
Some genuine questions:
1. If Bob doesn't currently have a RedHat subscription, does he have a way to obtain RHEL source code, legally, continuously, without the help of a current subscriber, and for free?
2. If Bob has a RedHat subscription, and has access to RHEL source code through the customer portal, is he free to continuously re-publish the source code else where? (in other words, facing no legal threat, and won't be cut off the subscription)
3. RH's staff mentioned "GPL'ed code", so it sort of implies the possibility that some other code are not GPL'ed, and might be subject to less favorable terms regarding redistribution. So, are all the code authored by RH and re-distributed by Rocky/Alma licensed with GPL? Or in other words, are there code whose re-distributability changes with the new policy of RedHat?
- None4U 3y ago1. no 2. subscription will be cut off 3. they used to be gpl and still are
- powersnail 3y agoThanks!
- 3np 3y agoIs there a source for 2 or is this just speculation?