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by D7wEQ 1081 days ago
I think the SFC's take is the most interesting. This particular action is in no way a GPL violation. The health of RHEL repackagers directly indicates how at-risk Red Hat's customers are of the isolated GPL abuses that pre-IBM Red Hat has engaged in historically. Which makes

>Red Hat is simply __not__ violating the GPL.

a particularly interesting thought to unpack. Because while this event isn't a violation, the 'jury is out' on whether or not Red Hat's entire business model is compatible with the GPL in the first place. One thing that we do know is that Red Hat has displayed willingness to violate the GPL in the past.

https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2023/jun/23/rhel-gpl-analysis...