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Red Hat just erected a paywall in front of the source code to their Linux distribution.Are they burning bridges to the wider open source ecosystem?Referenced...

An exceptionally well explained rant that I find myself in total agreement with.

  • enoent@lemmy.ilwwbs.comEnglish
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    1 year ago

    The GPL requires that you do not put additional limits on a user’s rights to redistribute.

    Saying “you have the right, but we’ll cut ties” isn’t really in keeping with the spirit of that.

    I suspect, if it ever ended up in court, they’d agree yhat there’s no guarantee of access to future versions, but that doesn’t mean that it isn’t a shitty and cynical take that flies against what FOSS has traditionally stood for.

    • moon_crush@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      We can agree to disagree. “The Software” was delivered, source included. And you as end consumer are free to redistribute and maintain as you wish.

      However, I cannot see any contract law judgement that would force continuation of a subscription model on the vendor (in perpetuity!) if they do not wish to remain under contract.