Red Hat Tries To Address Criticism Over Their Source Repository Changeswww.phoronix.comexternal-linkcross-posted to: news@lemmy.linuxuserspace.showlinux@kbin.social MyNameIsFred ( @fred@beehaw.org ) Technology • 1 year ago message-square77arrow-up1139
arrow-up1139external-linkRed Hat Tries To Address Criticism Over Their Source Repository Changeswww.phoronix.com MyNameIsFred ( @fred@beehaw.org ) Technology • 1 year ago message-square77cross-posted to: news@lemmy.linuxuserspace.showlinux@kbin.social
minus-square conciselyverbose ( @conciselyverbose@kbin.social ) linkfedilink2•1 year agoThey’re still sharing the source code. What they’re doing is requiring companies to sign supplementary contracts that say “we’re not restricting your rights granted by the GPL but we will punish you if you exercise them”, which is pretty clearly not what open source is about.
They’re still sharing the source code.
What they’re doing is requiring companies to sign supplementary contracts that say “we’re not restricting your rights granted by the GPL but we will punish you if you exercise them”, which is pretty clearly not what open source is about.