[ale] Re: Red Hat scare tactics

[Jeff Layton]

Michael D. Hirsch wrote:

> On Thursday 16 October 2003 11:59 am, Jeff Layton wrote:
>
> > On the ROCKS mailing list I remember reading that they
> > will be switching to their own build of RH ES from the
> > .src.rpm files. They talked with Redhat and RH said this
> > was fine with them.
>
> Yes, I've heard that from RH, too.  What I can't figure out is what 
> difference
> it makes to recompile from source.  The GPL applies equally to all 
> derivative
> works, whether source or binary, doesn't it?  Why not just use the binary
> RPMs?
>

 From what I understand ROCKS has to do this because they
have to pull the Redhat copyrighted stuff out of the code so
they can redistribute it. Make sense?

Jeff

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Dr. Jeff Layton
Aerodynamics and CFD
Lockheed-Martin Aeronautical Company - Marietta