On Thu, 2003-10-02 at 19:39, Tom 'spot' Callaway wrote: > On Thu, 2003-10-02 at 20:34, Miguel M wrote: > > Erik Williamson wrote 2003-10-02 > > > > >I inquired about what would happen if one was to (after one year) simply > > >get the SRPMS that are released as updates, compile and redistribute to > > >existing machines... but that's a no-no. > > > > And what would happen if (after one year) one downloads > > the update SRPMS to existing machines and compiles > > independently the same packages in everyone of them? > > I've been staying out of this one, but I will clear this up. You're free > to do whatever you want with the SRPMS. Distributing the binary updates > that Red Hat delivers for RHEL is a no-no, but you can make your own > binaries from the SRPMS and build a pirate ship out of them if it makes > you happy. <the whirring sound of a can opener is heard> If the binary is GPL, really I don't see how you stop that from being redistributed either. That is an additional encumbrance not compatible with the GPL. > > We don't have to do this (SuSE doesn't do this for SLES). We're just > that nice. :) Nope, you don't have to. But I am glad you do. :) -- Bill Anderson RHCE #807302597505773 bill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
