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Dear Red Hat: Are you dumb? (www.jeffgeerling.com)
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[-] art@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

This is not a violation of the GPL. They are allowed to charge for access to the source. If you provide binaries/images to a customer, you also must provide source. However, anyone who doesn't pay isn't entitled to it.

However, this is still a total bonehead move.

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