[ale] Re: Red Hat scare tactics

[Michael D. Hirsch]

On Thursday 16 October 2003 11:59 am, Jeff Layton wrote:

> On the ROCKS mailing list I remember reading that they
> will be switching to their own build of RH ES from the
> .src.rpm files. They talked with Redhat and RH said this
> was fine with them.

Yes, I've heard that from RH, too.  What I can't figure out is what difference 
it makes to recompile from source.  The GPL applies equally to all derivative 
works, whether source or binary, doesn't it?  Why not just use the binary 
RPMs?

Michael