Red Hat cutting back RHEL source availability

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Isn't that against GPL? You as a user are allowed to do whatever with the software — modify it, redistribute it etc.

I’m definitely not a lawyer, so grain of salt. By the GPL you are allowed to re-distribute the source, but Redhat can also refuse to do further business with you and terminate the account. By not distributing the GPL licensed code unless you are a customer (and under a no-distribution contract), they can just choose not to distribute the software to you and thus not have to give you source.

Yep, and RedHat would be asses to try, it's not like they made Linux.