The corporate license experts I talked to said the threat of termination of a subscription would not trigger the 'no restrictions' clause of the GPLv2, which deals with a copyright, not a contract.
Unauthorized use of the Subscription Services includes: (d) using Subscription Services in connection with any redistribution of Software
Any unauthorized use of the Subscription Services is a material breach of the Agreement. Unauthorized Use of Subscription Services. So far I've heard from three corporate open source licensing experts the answer is no.Īccording to them, the EULA only deals with an account-holder's ability to acquire services from Red Hat (a contract). You may not impose any further restrictions on the recipients exercise of the rights granted herein.ĭoes threatening retaliation (account suspension) for sharing code count as a 'restriction' on exercising a user's rights? One of the interesting outcomes of the Red Hat situation:ĭistribution of GPLv2-licensed code requires no restrictions be placed on downstream users rights to use and redistribute the code (whether they obtained it freely or paid for access):Įach time you redistribute the Program (or any work based on the Program), the recipient automatically receives a license from the original licensor to copy, distribute or modify the Program subject to these terms and conditions.
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