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What's the complaint?

What's the complaint?

Posted Mar 2, 2011 5:54 UTC (Wed) by dlang (✭ supporter ✭, #313)
In reply to: What's the complaint? by AndreE
Parent article: Red Hat's "obfuscated" kernel source

but the GPL doesn't say that you must allow _some_ recipients to redistribute the code, it says you must allow _all_ recipients to redistribute the code.

once you start eroding this, where can you draw the line?

"all animals are equal, but some are more equal than others"


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What's the complaint?

Posted Mar 2, 2011 6:09 UTC (Wed) by AndreE (subscriber, #60148) [Link]

I don't think I wrote what I wanted to write.

I mean the question of whether you are prohibited is trickier to determine than I originally considered. I'm not agreeing that this service agreement means you ARE prohibited from redistribution, but I'm backing down from my position that you certainly are not prohibited

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