Do-not-distribute terms
Do-not-distribute terms
Posted Apr 27, 2017 14:51 UTC (Thu) by farnz (subscriber, #17727)In reply to: Do-not-distribute terms by epa
Parent article: No more grsecurity test patches
Ah, but the subscription contract does not restrict what you do with the GPL'd code, beyond the restrictions in the GPL; instead, it says that if you choose to exercise your rights, then the subscription contract is terminated. So it's completely compatible - you can distribute anything that you've received under GPL, but if you do so, the company providing you services will stop doing so in future; the contract does not override the GPL, it just says that if you exploit your GPL rights, you lose your contract benefits, too. As you want to keep those contract benefits, you won't exploit your GPL rights - but it's those contract benefits that are withdrawn, not your GPL benefits.
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