On Wed, 2023-06-21 at 16:10 -0400, JT wrote:
> I see an impasse here. Why contribute to fedora when Red Hat
will lock it down in other
products?
They literally cannot "Lock it down" due to the GPL. Anyone using RHEL
binaries has legal right
to the code.
What they seem to have done is limit source code access to those who are actually using
RHEL,
which is all the GPL requires. The GPL does not require you to share source code with
every
person on the planet, only those using your binaries.
If someone wants the source, they can sign up for a free DEV license for RHEL, and that
entitles
them to the source code for the RHEL things they are using.
The Free dev account was never mentioned in the announcement. Can Red Hat confirm it will
stay and
those who access srpms, rebuild then for other purposes will not have accounts cancelled?
Regards
Phil
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