This is exactly why this license exist...
This is exactly why this license exist...
Posted Mar 3, 2011 11:18 UTC (Thu) by PaXTeam (guest, #24616)In reply to: This is exactly why this license exist... by khim
Parent article: Red Hat's "obfuscated" kernel source
> but then Oracle is constrained by support contract and can not just lift patches from RHEL and land them in Unbreakable Linux.
sure they can, otherwise RH would be violating GPL2 section 6 ("You may not impose any further restrictions on the recipients' exercise of the rights granted herein.")
whether they 'retaliate' by tearing up the support contract is a different matter, it has zero bearing on the legality of redistributing RH kernel patches.