What's the complaint? [LWN.net]

What's the complaint?

Posted Mar 1, 2011 21:56 UTC (Tue) by dlang (guest, #313)
In reply to: What's the complaint? by AndreE
Parent article: Red Hat's "obfuscated" kernel source

distributing source code to others

to post comments

What's the complaint?

Posted Mar 2, 2011 5:35 UTC (Wed) by AndreE (guest, #60148) [Link] (5 responses)

You are still free to distribute this source to others and nothing prevents you from doing so

What's the complaint?

Posted Mar 2, 2011 5:37 UTC (Wed) by AndreE (guest, #60148) [Link] (4 responses)

More specifically, Red Hat cannot and are not preventing you from releasing the source.

What's the complaint?

Posted Mar 2, 2011 5:43 UTC (Wed) by dlang (guest, #313) [Link] (3 responses)

they can make it cost you, potentially cost you a lot to redistribute the source.

at what point does the cost become 'prohibiting'?

What's the complaint?

Posted Mar 2, 2011 5:50 UTC (Wed) by AndreE (guest, #60148) [Link] (2 responses)

That's a good point, although without outlining the exact costs you cannot unilaterally say that they are prohibiting ALL users from redistribution.

What's the complaint?

Posted Mar 2, 2011 5:54 UTC (Wed) by dlang (guest, #313) [Link] (1 responses)

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"

What's the complaint?

Posted Mar 2, 2011 6:09 UTC (Wed) by AndreE (guest, #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