[BozemanGLUG] Redhat violating GPL?

[Joshua J. Cogliati]

I am not a lawyer, but terminating a support contract sure seems like 
imposing a restriction.

 From GPL 2.0:

   6. Each time you redistribute the Program (or any work based on the
Program), the recipient automatically receives a license from the
original licensor to copy, distribute or modify the Program subject to
these terms and conditions.  *You may not impose any further
restrictions on the recipients' exercise of the rights granted herein.*
You are not responsible for enforcing compliance by third parties to
this License.

On 6/23/23 16:39, David Eder wrote:
> No, it's not illegal, it's just nasty.  As a Redhat subscriber, you 
> purchase support from them.  You are free to do everything the 
> software license allows, but if you do, they will terminate your 
> support contract.  The support contract is entirely separate from the 
> software license.
>
> David.
>
> On 2023-06-23 4:23 pm, Joshua J. Cogliati wrote:
>> Redhat has discontinued distributing changes in GPL RHEL software 
>> publicly, and their contract with customers forbids the the customers 
>> from distributing them.
>>
>> Redhat's press release: 
>> https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/furthering-evolution-centos-stream
>>
>> Software Conservancy article: 
>> https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2023/jun/23/rhel-gpl-analysis/
>>
>> Frankly I think this is nasty move by Redhat, and possibly illegal.
>>
>> Joshua Cogliati
>>
>>
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