▲ 145 ▼ Dear RedHat, are you dumb? (www.jeffgeerling.com) submitted 3 years ago by useful_idiot@lemmy.eatsleepcode.ca to c/foss@beehaw.org 42 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] JuanKGZ@kbin.social 8 points 3 years ago (6 children) I'm out of the loop, what's going on? permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] mannycalavera@kbin.social 22 points 3 years ago (4 children) RedHat, the first billion dollar open source company gets bought by IBM and goes closed source. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Mon0@kbin.social 26 points 3 years ago (3 children) That is not rly correct. They provide the source code if you subscribe which is enough to honor GPL. The part about not distributing the code and not building a fork / competitor is against the GPL. GPL would even be honored if they print out the code and sent it to you per mail after you asked for the code. GPL does not mean you have to host the code on a public site. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] mannycalavera@kbin.social 8 points 3 years ago Yes quite right 👍 you are correct. I am merely expressing the sentiment that has angered so many. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Wander@yiffit.net 5 points 3 years ago I hope there'll be an update to the GPL after that. permalink fedilink source parent [–] sorchist@beehaw.org 2 points 3 years ago Could one of their subscribers just publish it once they got ahold of it? permalink fedilink source parent [–] BrooklynMan@lemmy.ml 18 points 3 years ago they’re putting their code base behind a paywall only for those who’ve paid for a RHEL license, effectively killing all downstream distros. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mannycalavera@kbin.social 22 points 3 years ago (4 children) RedHat, the first billion dollar open source company gets bought by IBM and goes closed source. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Mon0@kbin.social 26 points 3 years ago (3 children) That is not rly correct. They provide the source code if you subscribe which is enough to honor GPL. The part about not distributing the code and not building a fork / competitor is against the GPL. GPL would even be honored if they print out the code and sent it to you per mail after you asked for the code. GPL does not mean you have to host the code on a public site. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] mannycalavera@kbin.social 8 points 3 years ago Yes quite right 👍 you are correct. I am merely expressing the sentiment that has angered so many. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Wander@yiffit.net 5 points 3 years ago I hope there'll be an update to the GPL after that. permalink fedilink source parent [–] sorchist@beehaw.org 2 points 3 years ago Could one of their subscribers just publish it once they got ahold of it? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Mon0@kbin.social 26 points 3 years ago (3 children) That is not rly correct. They provide the source code if you subscribe which is enough to honor GPL. The part about not distributing the code and not building a fork / competitor is against the GPL. GPL would even be honored if they print out the code and sent it to you per mail after you asked for the code. GPL does not mean you have to host the code on a public site. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] mannycalavera@kbin.social 8 points 3 years ago Yes quite right 👍 you are correct. I am merely expressing the sentiment that has angered so many. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Wander@yiffit.net 5 points 3 years ago I hope there'll be an update to the GPL after that. permalink fedilink source parent [–] sorchist@beehaw.org 2 points 3 years ago Could one of their subscribers just publish it once they got ahold of it? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mannycalavera@kbin.social 8 points 3 years ago Yes quite right 👍 you are correct. I am merely expressing the sentiment that has angered so many. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Wander@yiffit.net 5 points 3 years ago I hope there'll be an update to the GPL after that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sorchist@beehaw.org 2 points 3 years ago Could one of their subscribers just publish it once they got ahold of it? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BrooklynMan@lemmy.ml 18 points 3 years ago they’re putting their code base behind a paywall only for those who’ve paid for a RHEL license, effectively killing all downstream distros. permalink fedilink source parent