On 2015-01-06, Johnny Hughes
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> On 01/06/2015 04:25 AM, Liam O'Toole wrote:
>> On 2015-01-06, Somers-Harris, David | David | OPS
>> <david.somers-harris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> 1. Blatant screen scraping is a violation of the terms of service
>>>> for RHN .. so where is a SOURCE of information for something like
>>>> this:
>>>>
>>>> https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-2024.html
>>>>
>>>> If you read this: https://access.redhat.com/help/terms/
>>>>
>>>> then, one can not just grab all the info on that errata page and
>>>> distribute it .. which is why we LINK to it and not distribute it
>>>> currently.
>>>>
>>>> So, the first issue is that one must find a source for the
>>>> information that would go into the 'updateinfo.xml' file that is
>>>> always maintained and is available to read and to redistribute.
>>>>
>>>> 2. If someone comes up with a place to get said data, THEN we
>>>> could properly publish that data in some way.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks, Johnny Hughes
>>>
>>> Can't we just ask Red Hat if it's OK for CentOS to use the data for
>>> its updateinfo.xml? Is there some official communication channel
>>> between the CentOS Project and Red Hat?
>>=20 Maybe you missed the big announcement: =20
>>http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2014-January/020100.h=
> tml
>>=20
>
> Sure, but they aren't likely to let us.
>
> The purpose of CentOS within the Red Hat ecosystem is explained here:
>
> http://community.redhat.com/centos-faq/
>
> CentOS is open source, so you can use it however you want and for what
> ever you are comfortable using it for .. however, giving special
> dispensation to violate terms of service of RHN to make CentOS more
> usable than it already is in the enterprise is not high on their
> priority list.
>
> They are not taking any action to make it in any way less usable, but
> they are also not going to do anything to make it easier either.
>
> What we need is a way to get that info from another place.
>
> Maybe the oval data, if it has all the required information and if the
> Terms of Service allow for that.
>
> Someone in the Community needs to research that and see if it is
> usable or if there is some other source for the information that can
> then be modified to create the updateinfo.xml file.
>
Thanks for all that. My contribution was in response to the question "Is
there some official communication channel between the CentOS Project and
Red Hat?" I should have trimmed more carefully and saved you some
keystrokes.
--
Liam
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