Um... it is free. Otherwise http://www.whiteboxlinux.org guys would be doing something illegal. The support isn't free.
Remember, RH is a GPL compliant company.
And the GPL *only* requires them to make the source code available to those people to whom they supply binaries. If you buy a support contract for AS, you get access to binaries and you also get access to source; this makes them GPL-compliant. If you distribute the binaries or source to others you void your support contract but you are not doing anything illegal as far as the GPL goes but you *are* infringing on Red Hat's trademarked items such as their name and logo (Shadowman) which they have explicitly forbidden you from distributing in the same contract.
The fact that Red Hat, Inc. makes full source code (neatly packaged in SRPM format even!) available freely to all and sundry is an act of generosity on their part. They would be entirely within their rights to cease making that available to non-subscribers at *any* time and still be within the GPL. So take advantage of those SRPMS as the WBEL guys do, and thank Red Hat for them... it is a nice thing to do, it is *not* a requirement.
Cheers,
-- Rodolfo J. Paiz rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.simpaticus.com
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