RHEL's own *customers* still have access to the source code for the as-built system, so I think they're in the clear there, but... IANAL. Yeah, it's unclear what Rocky, Alma, _Oracle_, _Amazon_ and all the other legal copiers will do now. I'm not sure I'd want an OS driven by Oracle or Amazon, though. Yuck. I guess we'll see what everyone else's press releases say over the next couple of weeks. -Adam
-----Original Message----- From: Roundtable roundtable-bounces@muug.ca On Behalf Of Trevor Cordes Sent: Friday, June 23, 2023 1:16 AM To: roundtable@muug.ca Subject: Re: [RndTbl] RHEL pulls source code
On 2023-06-23 Adam Thompson wrote:
Probably perfectly legal, but what a way to say F.U. to the Linux community! -Adam
Is this legal, per the GPL? They make modifications, they release binaries (though not for free). Therefore they must release the sources? Releasing a different version (I guess what they'll call their "upstream" may not satisfy the GPL?
Ramifications? I guess this instantly kills Rocky et al and forces everyone on "free RHEL" to buy RHEL? I don't think Rocky et al have the resources to path & update their distro on their own, and in any event, it would no longer be "fully RHEL compatible".
Or am I reading this completely wrong? _______________________________________________ Roundtable mailing list Roundtable@muug.ca https://muug.ca/mailman/listinfo/roundtable