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On 06/14/18 10:00, Peter Kjellstr?m wrote: > On Thu, 14 Jun 2018 16:26:27 +0200 > Gianluca Cecchi <gianluca.cecchi at gmail.com> wrote: > ... >>>> The src.rpm for that kernel is probably available somewhere. >>> >>> I'm fairly certain you cannot download the SRPM for EUS kernels. >>> You might if you're a Red Hat customer paying for

...verything derived from the >> original source to everybody, not only to customers. And RedHat was >> ever compliant with GPL. Kudos to RedHat! So, if there exist patched >> kernels of out of support life, they should be downloadable somewhere >> somehow. > > No you are minunderstanding the GPL. > > You are only required to provide source to those who got the binary > artifact(s). They then have the full GPL rights to further modify etc. > In many cases the binaries are distributed to everyone and then so is > the source. In other cases (such as RHEL) only source is...

...es to provide source if everything derived from the > original source to everybody, not only to customers. And RedHat was > ever compliant with GPL. Kudos to RedHat! So, if there exist patched > kernels of out of support life, they should be downloadable somewhere > somehow. No you are minunderstanding the GPL. You are only required to provide source to those who got the binary artifact(s). They then have the full GPL rights to further modify etc. In many cases the binaries are distributed to everyone and then so is the source. In other cases (such as RHEL) only source is provided to everyone (b...

...erything derived from the >> original source to everybody, not only to customers. And RedHat was >> ever compliant with GPL. Kudos to RedHat! So, if there exist patched >> kernels of out of support life, they should be downloadable somewhere >> somehow. > > No you are minunderstanding the GPL. It turns out you are absolutely right. You only have provide modified source to users to whom you distribute derived work. Found it here: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.en.html#GPLRequireSourcePostedPublic I stand corrected. Thanks! Valeri > > You are only required to...