Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 22 Feb 2006 15:21:40 -0800 (PST) | From | Joel Jaeggli <> | Subject | Re: Red Hat ES4 GPL Issues? |
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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
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