On Wed, 2023-06-21 at 17:07 -0400, JT wrote:
> Who says that developer account will be available soon, Have
Red Hat made a commitment to keep
it?
> People want to update a system and not fart about, updating via ISO or installing a
new
system every 6 months is a joke.
You can download ISOs without a dev account. Someone could easily get the SRPMS as they
are
entitled to have and compile them and make a 3rd party repo that everyone could add and
update
from, so people wouldn't have to re-install. My point is that Red Hat is not able to
lock down
the code because of the GPL. There will always be a way around anything they try to put
in
place.
People in the FLOSS world really care about this stuff and are also really stubborn... if
Red Hat
tries to do anything like this, there will be thousands of people that will come together
to work
around everything Red Hat attempts to put in place to block people.
Don't worry, take a deep breath and relax, the code will remain open source and it
will remain
freely available.
On Wed, Jun 21, 2023 at 4:56 PM Philip Wyett <philip.wyett(a)kathenas.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 2023-06-21 at 16:49 -0400, JT wrote:
> > > I believe the GPL asks you never have to make agreement to access GPL
code.
> >
> > Correct. Per the GPL if you have the binary you have a legal right to the
code.
> > Also the GPL does contain clauses that stipulate that outside agreements cannot
excuse anyone
> > from the conditions of the license, see the No Surrender of Others' Freedom
section.
> >
> > Also keep in mind that you can download the RHEL ISOs for free without a dev
license from
> this
> > page:
https://developers.redhat.com/products/rhel/download You can't
update the packages,
> but
> > you can install that version of RHEL on your computer and use it. So anyone
grabbing that
> ISO
> > has legal right to the source code for the base system.
> >
> >
>
> Who says that developer account will be available soon, Have Red Hat made a
commitment to keep
> it?
>
> People want to update a system and not fart about, updating via ISO or installing a
new system
> every 6 months is a joke.
>
> Regards
>
> Phil
>
Hi,
How are you downloading RHEL ISO images?
Please do not tell me to take a deep breath and relax. Show some respect.
Regards
Phil
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