MyNameIsFred@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 1 year agoRed Hat Tries To Address Criticism Over Their Source Repository Changeswww.phoronix.comexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up144arrow-down10
arrow-up144arrow-down1external-linkRed Hat Tries To Address Criticism Over Their Source Repository Changeswww.phoronix.comMyNameIsFred@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 1 year agomessage-square36fedilink
minus-squareconciselyverbose@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 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.