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desdiv
on Oct 22, 2014
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RedHat does not release what patches they include in their kernels
Stupid question here: aren't kernel patches considered derivative works? If so, then isn't RedHat legally obligated to released them under GPL?
logic
on Oct 23, 2014
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They provide the complete source, as required by the GPL. However, they do not provide patch sets neatly broken out like they used to; that's what the parent is referring to.
lmz
on Oct 23, 2014
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The patched source is there for others to rebuild (e.g. CentOS and other RHEL derivatives), just not separated out into nice patches.
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