Some mix of wrong and right, the exact proportions of which I’ll leave as an exercise to the reader.

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    2 years ago

    I am. It’s there in the GPL text in black and white. Red Hat does not have any right to place restrictions on the distribution of derivative works that they do not own the original copyright for. Threatening to terminate a service agreement is a restriction.

    From what I understand, these restrictions only apply to if you have been provided the software. Red Hat is under no legal obligation to supply you with their software, nor to continue doing so if you violate their terms.

    I agree this makes them total scumbags, but as far as I understand the GPL they are not breaking the law.