On 5/27/26 13:32, Peter Tribble wrote:
Not so. The exemption is for a license to "copy, redistribute, and modify" which is pretty much the definition of open source. Although it might exclude RHEL, for example.
Last time I checked, they demanded that the license must permit that without any further restrictions. Most FOSS licenses do have certain restrictions, eg. to keep free software free. Especially the GPL family. Isn't it obvious what Bigtech is trying to do here ? --mtx -- --- Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult Free software and Linux embedded engineering [email protected] -- +49-151-27565287 ------------------------------------------ illumos: illumos-discuss Permalink: https://illumos.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/T9ab1e48b3bb383fe-Md04bef08c0e0a958e5478bd7 Delivery options: https://illumos.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription
