Hi, The GPL states that the source of any program distributed under the GPL must be freely available to 'all third parties' - Redhat cannot restrict it to their customers only, paying or otherwise.
Extract from the GPL at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html Paragraph 2:b You must cause any work that you distribute or publish, that in whole or in part contains or is derived from the Program or any part thereof, to be licensed as a whole at no charge to all third parties under the terms of this License. Regards, Robert Jenkins. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Magnus Hedemark Sent: 03 December 2003 16:08 To: rhel-rebuild list Subject: Re: Redhat response? Stuart Low wrote: > Perhaps I'm missing something, but shouldn't we be able to write a > formal letter to Redhat requesting that their exact SRPM's posted for > their Enterprise editions be released? If they've been building the > system for distribution wouldn't that indicate that the SRPM's (or > perhaps the build system used?) they use and the SRPM's they release > are out of sync? Keep in mind they are under no obligation to do this unless you are a paying RHEL customer. If you are, make sure to say so when you talk to your account manager. Otherwise, don't bother, as it can only hurt the RHEL rebuild scene if you become a pain in the ass demanding freebies. rhel-rebuild mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hosted at the University of Innsbruck, Austria rhel-rebuild mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hosted at the University of Innsbruck, Austria
