Ubuntu, ownCloud, and a hidden dark side of Linux software repositories (PC World)

Posted Nov 8, 2014 16:31 UTC (Sat) by rahulsundaram (subscriber, #21946)
In reply to: Ubuntu, ownCloud, and a hidden dark side of Linux software repositories (PC World) by johannbg
Parent article: Ubuntu, ownCloud, and a hidden dark side of Linux software repositories (PC World)

>And if you use third party repository's you break your support contract and remember there always is a reason for companies not include said software in their repositories.

Merely using a third party repository doesn't break any support contract. Red Hat merely won't commercially support packages from those repositories. Same goes for modified packages unless you can show that the problem occurs regardless of the modification.