Oracle pours fuel all over Red Hat source code drama
for OpenJDK 6 and OpenJDK 7 – is calling out IBM's Red Hat for ending free Enterprise Linux source code distribution to non-customers.RHEL source code for free, thereby withholding code improvements from downstream projects like AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, EuroLinux, and Oracle Linux.'s analysis of the situation goes, Red Hat is only obligated to provide source code to paying customers receiving RHEL binaries.
"And perhaps that is the real answer to the question of why: eliminate competitors. Fewer competitors means more revenue opportunity for IBM," they speculate.$10 billion lawsuit against Google over Android's use of copyrighted Java APIs. Now that RHEL compatibility is uncertain, Screven and Coekaerts say Oracle Linux will maintain compatibility through version 9.2 and after that Big Red plans to work with customers and ISVs to fix any issues that arise.
"Oracle has always made Oracle Linux binaries and source freely available to all. We do not have subscription agreements that interfere with a subscriber’s rights to redistribute Oracle Linux. On the other hand, IBM subscription agreements specify that you’re in breach if you use those subscription services to exercise your GPLv2 rights."The Register"The GPL requires that changes be shared as source code," Perens said.
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