• Muddybulldog
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    31 year ago

    RedHat is not going closed source. All the code is still open source. Nobody is getting sued for looking at it.

    • @Raphael
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      01 year ago

      Read Red Hat’s new license terms and then try again, kid.

      • Muddybulldog
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        1 year ago

        I’ve seen them. I understand them. I’m correct.

        Not making their sources generally available for download is NOT the same as closed source. The only ones subject to their new licensing agreements are their paying customers. They are very much pushing against the spirit of FOSS licenses but there is no potential for some Joe on the street to get sued for looking at their source code.

        • @Raphael
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          -31 year ago

          First they came for…

          Nah, nevermind. You’ll understand soon.

          • Muddybulldog
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            You think you are talking to a very different person than you actually are.

            Not making their package sources generally available for download is NOT the same as closed source. The only ones subject to their new licensing agreements are their paying customers. They are very much pushing against the spirit of FOSS licenses but there is no potential for some Joe on the street to get sued for looking at their source code.

            • @Raphael
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              but there is no potential for some Joe on the street to get sued for looking at their source code.

              But how would that Joe look at the source code if it not publicly available and he’s not a paying customer?

              Checkmate.

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                If Joe hasn’t been provided the binaries from RedHat they’re under no obligation to provide the sources.

                And the true sources can easily be obtained from the upstream, same place every other distro provider get’s them.