[clue-tech] CentOS

[Ed Hill]

On Thu, 2005-10-27 at 10:27 -0700, mike havlicek wrote:
> 
> 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.

Hi Mike,

You've complete misunderstood a very important point.  GPL *is* GPL.
Period.  No one (Red Hat included) can "un-GPL" the kernel or any other
GPL'ed code by, for instance, linking in proprietary stuff or adding
some additional terms to their distribution license.  Go read the GPL:

  http://www.gnu.org/licenses/licenses.html

and see for yourself.

Ed

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