Re: rhel-r] RE: Redhat response?

2003-12-03 Thread R P Herrold
On Wed, 3 Dec 2003, Robert Jenkins wrote: > 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

RE: Redhat response?

2003-12-03 Thread David Cox
e 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: Re

RE: Redhat response?

2003-12-03 Thread Robert Jenkins
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 the

Re: Redhat response?

2003-12-03 Thread Magnus Hedemark
Stuart Low wrote: I was under the impression that since the software contained in the SRPMS is GNU GPL covered (in most cases) Redhat would be required to release the SRPMS anyway? Only if they gave/sold you binaries covered under GNU GPL. rhel-rebuild mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hosted at the

Re: Redhat response?

2003-12-03 Thread Magnus Hedemark
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

Re: Redhat response?

2003-12-03 Thread Tom Diehl
On Wed, 3 Dec 2003, Stuart Low wrote: > > If you are a customer of theirs they MUST give you the src. If not it is > > optional. The fact that they give non-customers anything is a bonus. One of > > the things I want to do one of these days is look to see if the srpms on > > rhn are different from

Re: Redhat response?

2003-12-03 Thread Pierre-Francois Honore
On Wed, 2003-12-03 at 14:15, Stuart Low wrote: > > If you are a customer of theirs they MUST give you the src. If not it is > > optional. The fact that they give non-customers anything is a bonus. One of > > the things I want to do one of these days is look to see if the srpms on > > rhn are differ

Re: Redhat response?

2003-12-03 Thread Stuart Low
> If you are a customer of theirs they MUST give you the src. If not it is > optional. The fact that they give non-customers anything is a bonus. One of > the things I want to do one of these days is look to see if the srpms on > rhn are different from those on the web site. I just have not had the

Re: Redhat response?

2003-12-02 Thread Tom Diehl
On Wed, 3 Dec 2003, Stuart Low wrote: > Hi there, > > 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

Redhat response?

2003-12-02 Thread Stuart Low
Hi there, 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 buil