On Wed, Jul 19, 2023 at 2:35 PM Ian Worthington < [email protected]> wrote:
> That's what I had though, but apparently it's not correct. In fact, for > many years IBM has withheld its own changes to GCC for private sale to its > own customers, apparently quite legally. > (Caveat: The absence of any yacht clearly indicates I am not a lawyer. > Nor do I play one on TV.) > Best wishes / Mejores deseos / Meilleurs vœux > > Ian ... > For those who are curious, the good folks at https://lwn.net/ have been covering some of these issues. I believe that these are the articles (most of which I haven't even glanced at):: Red Hat cutting back RHEL source availability: https://lwn.net/Articles/935592/ AlmaLinux's response to Red Hat's policy change: https://lwn.net/Articles/935918/ Kuhn: A Comprehensive Analysis of the GPL Issues With the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Business Model: https://lwn.net/Articles/936127/ McGrath: Red Hat’s commitment to open source: https://lwn.net/Articles/936405/ Brockmeier: Red Hat and the Clone Wars III: The dawn of CentOS: https://lwn.net/Articles/937317/ AlmaLinux to diverge (slightly) from RHEL: https://lwn.net/Articles/938165/ Please be sure to enjoy the day -- we won't get another chance! ;-) Paul On Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 07:43:38 PM GMT+2, Tom Marchant < > [email protected]> wrote: > > The terms of the GNU General Purpose License do not allow the source to > be restricted in any way. The Linux kernel is licensed under GPL v2 > https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html > AFAIK, most of the rest of the GNU operating system (colloquially known as > "Linux", although Linux is actually just the kernel) is licensed under GPL > v3 > https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html > > -- > Tom Marchant > > On Wed, 19 Jul 2023 07:03:05 +0000, Ian Worthington wrote: > > >Is this correct? My understanding is that the source is still available > but now only to customers in order to prevent downstream suppliers from > using rhel as their base. > >Of course I've slept since I saw this discussion so caveat emptor... > > > > On Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 02:47:32 AM GMT+2, Jon Perryman < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > >> IBM RHEL announced it's move to closed source (IBM RedHat Enterprise > Linux). With some changes, DB2, RACF and other z/OS products could run in > Linux on z16 in one sysplexed Linux image. We know it's possible because > IBM moved Unix and TCP into z/OS. IBM RHEL said closed source would force > non-paying customers to buy RHEL licenses but this makes no sense. > Something else must be in play. > >>I created a survey at https://forms.gle/ZTPXsDJo8Z4H93sv7 to gain > insights into IBM's decision to close source RHEL. You can skip the survey > if you don't want to take it and view the survey results through this > website. Feel free to pass this along. > >> I think IBM wants to integrate z/OS products to retain their > investments and expand their customer base.. > >>Why is the z/OS community ignoring IBM RHEL closed source? Are software > vendors preparing their products for Linux? > >
