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Okay, so the source is 100% freely available. And with that source, and nothing else, you are able to regenerate RHEL binaries. Rocky Linux contends they are
by tux1968 3y ago
Okay, so the source is 100% freely available. And with that source, and nothing else, you are able to regenerate RHEL binaries.
Rocky Linux contends they are not doing anything illegal in the methods used to obtain the source code (ie. legally renting an RHEL VM from any number of providers, and downloading the SRPMS).
Maybe Red Hat wishes this was illegal, but I still haven't heard anyone claim that it is.
- dralley 3y agoI'm not claiming that either, so what's your point. I'm just saying that the way Rocky presents it is mostly marketing. The cleverness is to save themselves effort, not to do something they weren't being allowed to do previously.
- tux1968 3y agoI'm not sure why you weighed in on the subject then, other than to advance your own personal preference. At least, I mistook it as an objection to Rocky Linux's very existence. As long as what they're doing is legal, then let them be. Each distribution will rise and fall based on the value it provides.
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