Re: [suse-sles-e] SLES License

From: Marcus Meissner (meissner_at_suse.de)
Date: Tue Mar 14 2006 - 19:47:18 CET


Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 19:47:18 +0100
From: Marcus Meissner <meissner@suse.de>
Message-ID: <20060314184718.GA1462@suse.de>
Subject: Re: [suse-sles-e] SLES License

On Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 10:41:55AM -0800, Michael T. Halligan wrote:
> Anders,
>
> You are incorrect in this. This is the specific reason that redhat
> provides, free to the world, source rpms of RHEL. If
> I modify gpl'd code and distribute binaries, I am legally bound to
> provide my source modifications to whomever asks.

Read the GPL again, you only need to give it to people you distribute
the binaries too.

Its not that hard to get source changes from us however, and its not
the point here I think.

You also get the source with the 9.1 RPMs, which has the same base
source tree.

Ciao, Marcus

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