https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=319901 is an interesting thread. And https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1021898 .

My take is that RH is more afraid from patent trolling than some kind of shady government deal.

(edit: expanding why it's more against patent trolling: see their "Open Source Assurance" program: http://www.redhat.com/rhel/details/assurance/ , they provide indemnification, thus their legal department seems to be more on the cautious side)

Wow, feels like it's the 90s again with PGP and 40bit export browsers!