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by lars_francke 1091 days ago
> One option is through the usage of UBI container images which are based on RHEL and available from multiple online sources (including Docker Hub). Using the UBI image, it is easily possible to obtain Red Hat sources reliably and unencumbered. We have validated this through OCI (Open Container Initiative) containers and it works exactly as expected.

They have phrased this very carefully but there is a caveat here. UBI is using a small subset of RHEL packages. They say "possible to obtain Red Hat sources" and that's true, but you cannot - afaik - obtain all RHEL sources this way.

This is not too important as they are using a different way to obtain the RHEL sources now.

https://access.redhat.com/articles/4238681
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captn3m0 1090 days ago
Another similar question I have is around license requirements for various packages. How many of the packages in RHEL are actually GPL/copyleft, where RH must share sources?

Could it decide to stop sharing source for non-copyleft packages next?

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