On 10/03/2013 08:57 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote: >> >> I'm not too sure about the kernel sources: >> "is provided by Gandi and cannot be modified" > > That's a GPL violation right there. > > The developer absolutely totally cannot do that. He/she may refuse to > provide support if the kernel image is not what is shipped, but by using > Linux they have already bound themselves to an agreement that the > sources must be provided and be modifiable. And, they have to host the > sources on their own network or provide them on demand >
Don't worry, it's a misquote. The real one is, The kernel is provided by Gandi and cannot be modified So you can't modify the running kernel on their VPS. Which is to say, you probably /can/ but the thing will never boot again.