On 08/16/2013 01:27 PM, Les Mikesell wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 1:17 PM, Ian Pilcher <arequipeno@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On 08/16/2013 12:45 PM, Les Mikesell wrote:
>>> What about permitting redistribution? And if losing your RHN support
>>> as a consequence isn't a restriction that the "You may not impose any
>>> further restrictions on the recipients' exercise of the rights granted
>>> herein." covers, then what kind of restriction could that clause
>>> possibly mean?
>>
>> RHN support is not a right granted by the GPL.
>
> The GPL works by taking away the rights it grants if you violate the
> specified terms. Not adding further restrictions is one of those
> terms. How is that not a "further restriction"? Or if it isn't,
> what would be?
>
The word "herein" in the GPL snippet above is significant. The GPL does
not allow further restrictions of "the rights granted herein" -- i.e.
the rights granted by the GPL. Since RHN access (and other benefits of
a Red Hat subscription) are not granted by the GPL, restrictions of
*those* benefits are not relevant to this provision of the GPL.
You're obviously free to disagree with this interpretation of the GPL,
but I know of no case law which supports such a position.
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