[clue-tech] CentOS

[mike havlicek]

There you go. Thanks for the link. I was only aware of
accessing the srms through a valid rhn account with
entitlement privs.

-Mike

--- Bamm Visscher <bamm.visscher at gmail.com> wrote:

> It's really simple. RedHat provides all the source
> rpms on its own FTP
> server [0]. CentOS takes those RPMs and (legally)
> builds it's own
> binary RPMs. Remember, RedHat redistributes GPL'd
> software and a key
> part of the GPL is the rights (lefts) it gives the
> user. RedHat can in
> no way restrict my right to redistribute works
> licensed to them/me by
> the GPL.
> 
> Bammkkkk
> 
> [0]
>
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/4/en/os/i386/SRPMS
> 
> On 10/27/05, mike havlicek <mhavlicek1 at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > --- Ed Hill <ed at eh3.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, 2005-10-27 at 09:47 -0700, mike havlicek
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Regardless I think the spec file in the source
> rpm
> > > had
> > > > conflicting information regarding Intel x86
> > > > architecture.
> > > >
> > > > I stll do wonder where CentOS got their code
> and
> > > if it
> > > > is legal.
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi Mike,
> > >
> > > To get a truly meaningful legal opinion, you
> will
> > > need to contact a
> > > lawyer who specializes in the above sort of
> > > licensing.
> > >
> > > HOWEVER, in layman terms, software that is
> > > *distributed* under the terms
> > > of the GPL *is* GPL.  Period.  This means that
> folks
> > > really do have the
> > > right to get the source, re-distribute it,
> modify
> > > it, compile it, etc.
> > > So for all of the GPL-ed software, folks like
> CentOS
> > > are on a firm legal
> > > footing.  They're well within their rights.
> > >
> > > And note that the GPL is used for a lot of the
> > > packages distributed by
> > > Red Hat *including* the kernel.
> > >
> > > The only parts of RHEL that CentOS and others
> > > *cannot* distribute are
> > > the bits covered by some of the other (non-GPL)
> > > licenses.  For instance,
> > > some (?) of the Red Hat artwork and some (?) of
> the
> > > docs are copyrighted
> > > by Red Hat under different terms.  I have no
> idea
> > > what the terms are or
> > > what fraction they cover since I've never really
> > > looked.
> > >
> > > But, it is completely legal to buy a copy of
> RHEL
> > > and then recompile
> > > and/or re-distribute all of the bits that are
> > > covered under appropriate
> > > licenses.
> > >
> > > Ed
> > >
> > > --
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> > > Massachusetts Ave.
> > >              Cambridge, MA 02139-4307
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> >
> > Good points. And as I was speaking before I think
> it
> > only the kernel that RedHat changes. So in
> retrospect
> > if CentOS takes or models without using the RedHat
> > kernel one would suspect that all is fine.
> >
> > But they being RedHat do require "PAID" licensing
> to
> > even access the source rpms that have the GPL
> unless
> > for a 30 day trial.
> >
> > So I again wonder how CentOS redistributes freely.
> >
> > -Mike
> >
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