• winety@dataterm.digital
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    1 year ago

    Isn’t that against GPL? You as a user are allowed to do whatever with the software — modify it, redistribute it etc.

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      1 year ago

      I’m definitely not a lawyer, so grain of salt. By the GPL you are allowed to re-distribute the source, but Redhat can also refuse to do further business with you and terminate the account. By not distributing the GPL licensed code unless you are a customer (and under a no-distribution contract), they can just choose not to distribute the software to you and thus not have to give you source.