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Kuhn: A Comprehensive Analysis of the GPL Issues With the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Business Model

Kuhn: A Comprehensive Analysis of the GPL Issues With the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Business Model

Posted Jun 26, 2023 14:13 UTC (Mon) by paulj (subscriber, #341)
In reply to: Kuhn: A Comprehensive Analysis of the GPL Issues With the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Business Model by farnz
Parent article: Kuhn: A Comprehensive Analysis of the GPL Issues With the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Business Model

The GPL code they ship requires "the scripts used to control compilation and installation of the executable" (GPLv2) to be distributed as part of the source code of the work under the GPL.

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Kuhn: A Comprehensive Analysis of the GPL Issues With the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Business Model

Posted Jun 26, 2023 14:20 UTC (Mon) by farnz (subscriber, #17727) [Link]

Sure, but I was responding to the idea that "[no]one is claiming RedHat should not be able to distribute any code they wrote themselves under any terms they like". They are very definitely restricted in the terms they can use to distribute code they wrote themselves, as part of the GPL's mechanism for building a software commons.


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