On Thu, 2003-10-02 at 19:39, Tom 'spot' Callaway wrote:
On Thu, 2003-10-02 at 20:34, Miguel M wrote:
Erik Williamson wrote 2003-10-02
I inquired about what would happen if one was to (after one year) simply get the SRPMS that are released as updates, compile and redistribute to existing machines... but that's a no-no.
And what would happen if (after one year) one downloads the update SRPMS to existing machines and compiles independently the same packages in everyone of them?
I've been staying out of this one, but I will clear this up. You're free to do whatever you want with the SRPMS. Distributing the binary updates that Red Hat delivers for RHEL is a no-no, but you can make your own binaries from the SRPMS and build a pirate ship out of them if it makes you happy.
<the whirring sound of a can opener is heard> If the binary is GPL, really I don't see how you stop that from being redistributed either. That is an additional encumbrance not compatible with the GPL.
We don't have to do this (SuSE doesn't do this for SLES). We're just that nice. :)
Nope, you don't have to. But I am glad you do. :)