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Re:I'm Done with Red Hat (Enterprise Linux) by neverartful on Monday June 26, 2023 @12:42PM (#36482170)
Genuine question (I'm not intimately familiar with all the terms of the GPL) -- does the GPL require you to release the source code to anyone and everyone (even non-customers)?
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Re:I'm Done with Red Hat (Enterprise Linux) by Stranger43 on Monday June 26, 2023 @02:19PM (#36483573)
No but it gives every customer the right to redistribute the sourcecode to software they bought if that code is covered by the GPL under the same terms as RedHat got from their upstream.

It looks like RedHat might be trying to avoid that clause by threatening to stop selling any software to people who might use that part of the GPL.

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Re:I'm Done with Red Hat (Enterprise Linux) by neverartful on Monday June 26, 2023 @02:56PM (#36484164)
I had missed this part earlier. Thanks for clarifying. It certainly changes the picture.
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