Changing CentOS in mid-stream

Posted Dec 15, 2020 11:08 UTC (Tue) by paulj (subscriber, #341)
In reply to: Changing CentOS in mid-stream by Cyberax
Parent article: Changing CentOS in mid-stream

I don't think "Oops, we added sensitive information to the code" lets one ignore the conditions of a copyright licence, which one is obliged to follow.

They'd have to remove that information, in whatever way.

Changing CentOS in mid-stream

Posted Dec 15, 2020 23:17 UTC (Tue) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523) [Link] (1 responses)

I think that during the last round of obfuscation (when RH switched to providing one giant kernel patch) the consensus was that it's OK from the legal standpoint?

Changing CentOS in mid-stream

Posted Dec 18, 2020 0:04 UTC (Fri) by daniel (guest, #3181) [Link]

Is merely adhering to the letter of the law enough for a supposedly community focused organization?