Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 22 Feb 2006 17:19:14 -0700 | From | "Jeff V. Merkey" <> | Subject | Re: Red Hat ES4 GPL Issues? |
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Joel Jaeggli wrote:
That's the one. Thanks. I looked all over the place and could not find it. I am concerned they are not shipping the Source Code with the Distro, which is what they normally do.
Jeff
> On Wed, 22 Feb 2006, Jeff V. Merkey wrote: > >> >> I have been working on 2.6.9 kernels with red hat ES4 series >> distributions (we purchased and have a license). I noticed that the >> ES4 series kernels >> which support NPTL libs no longer provide the source code with the >> distribution (the installed kernels sources point to empty source >> trees which >> only contain makefiles). I have discovered we have to use our Red Hat >> Network account in order to download the Source RPMs >> (which are in fact provided). >> >> We got the distro via electronic fullfilment, so we did not get the >> SRPMS CD iso images by default. This was a deviation from how Red Hat >> normally distributes source code with their Linux distro. >> >> I am curious if Red Hat views requiring people subscribing to RHN as >> a requirement to obtain source code is in conflict with the GPL. We >> have no objection to downloading it since we have an account, but I >> found it strange Red Hat, the leaders in Open Source and GPL >> technology, now appear to block downloads of ES4 source code without >> a subscription. Have I got it all wrong here, or is this borderline GPL >> avoidance? >> >> I am unable to locate the Source Code on any public servers at Red Hat. > > > is this the one you're looking for: > > ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/4/en/os/i386/SRPMS/kernel-2.6.9-5.EL.src.rpm > > > ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/updates/enterprise/4WS/en/os/SRPMS/kernel-2.6.9-22.0.2.EL.src.rpm > > >> Jeff >> >> - >> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe >> linux-kernel" in >> the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >> Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >> >
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