On 05.05.21 00:10, Mark Rousell wrote:
On 04/05/2021 21:42, Yasha Karant wrote:
Your statement at the end indicates that I have missed a source
distribution channel.
Sorry, which statement is that?
Just for the avoidance of doubt, my comment about "Discourse" was a
reference to the Discourse software <Discourse - Civilized Discussion
<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.discourse.org_&d=DwMDaQ&c=gRgGjJ3BkIsb5y6s49QqsA&r=gd8BzeSQcySVxr0gDWSEbN-P-pgDXkdyCtaMqdCgPPdW1cyL5RIpaIYrCn8C5x2A&m=Rv6JPgfKB6WloyI9yzgIIJbr2llfrUuvqHQYxk1NNJw&s=h7okDDver9ejoWFtsZ0S8V58a9TPFpgQrea3hqgyB5U&e=>>
that Alma uses in place of a more traditional web forum.
You state that there will not be a CentOS 9 and only a CentOS Stream
perpetual alpha or beta channel.
To be clear, I'm just an observer of all this but surely the whole point
of Red Hat's infamous announcement is that CentOS 8 is to be the last
version of non-Stream CentOS. So we know that there will not be a CentOS
9. And we do know that there will be a CentOS Stream 9 because they have
announced it.
I thought that IBM RH would not directly release buildable production
EL source, but would channel it under a CentOS moniker.
To the best of my knowledge Red Hat never announced any change to the
release of RHEL source in accordance with the software licences. If you
have access to RHEL then you have access to the source ISOs.
How does IAS Springdale, Rocky, Alma, etc., get buildable production
source for IBM RHEL9?
I would assume that (a) they download it from Red Hat using an account
with legitimate access to RHEL (such as a free dev account), (b) modify
it to remove Red Hat trademarked IP, and (c) design and operate a build
system that allows them to build it. They will presumably get the RHEL9
source ISO as and when RHEL9 is available.
I have a free Red Hat dev account (the same account type that has now
been extended to cover 16 free RHEL licences) and I can freely download
the ISOs containing the source.
The source are at https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__git.centos.org&d=DwICaQ&c=gRgGjJ3BkIsb5y6s49QqsA&r=gd8BzeSQcySVxr0gDWSEbN-P-pgDXkdyCtaMqdCgPPdW1cyL5RIpaIYrCn8C5x2A&m=0Cvrr_2WDkcsrPdHGtY_tjL0G9TG69QDuL7UWeyXUhc&s=ujZIUv5p_MGjr0gtRL9D7zIJAitkNauyt8wOXo1WxwQ&e=
Does one have to buy the source from IBM RH? Will IBM RH or another
IBM entity house the production source for the current production EL?
What about the defect correction, including security defects, as well
as minor release, update production source?
Nothing has changed to the best of my knowledge. It's all available
according to the GPL terms. (Yes, I know that the RHEL software almost
certainly contains code licensed under other software licences but GPL
is certainly the main one that is of concern.)
--
Leon
