Hall: IBM, Red Hat and Free Software: An old maddog’s view
Hall: IBM, Red Hat and Free Software: An old maddog’s view
Posted Aug 3, 2023 17:48 UTC (Thu) by mb (subscriber, #50428)In reply to: Hall: IBM, Red Hat and Free Software: An old maddog’s view by farnz
Parent article: Hall: IBM, Red Hat and Free Software: An old maddog’s view
Nope. It's an offering in exchange for the customer's GPL rights. You can't have both at the same time. That's why it is a restriction.
(This is not legal advise)
Posted Aug 3, 2023 18:24 UTC (Thu)
by farnz (subscriber, #17727)
[Link]
How is it in exchange? You do not lose your GPL rights by taking up RH's support contract; you retain them, even if you later lose your RH support contract for breaching the terms of that contract.
Further, exercising your GPL rights does not automatically terminate your RH support contract; the specific clause for termination involves you using your support contract to give a third party the benefit of an RH subscription. Thus, you can distribute code using your GPL rights without losing your RH support subscription. If it was an exchange, you would not be able to do that at all - and yet you can, as long as (in RH's view) you're not giving a third party the benefits of your support subscription.
Hall: IBM, Red Hat and Free Software: An old maddog’s view