<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div>Redhat admits that it ``obfuscates'' patches to prevent</div><div>Oracle/CentOS/Novell from offering direct support.</div><div><br></div><div>http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:5oOugqiyEjkJ:www.channelregister.co.uk/2011/03/04/red_hat_twarts_oracle_and_novell_with_change_to_source_code_packaging/+open+source+undercut&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=fr&client=firefox-a</div><div><br></div><div>Once again, this shows the problem of the GPL: forcing</div><div>people to redistribute their changes is a bad idea.</div><div><br></div><div>By contrast, this problem is absent for companies like Juniper,</div><div>who ship BSD-based derived OS. If they want, they can choose</div><div>which patches they'd like to merge. This gives businesses a better</div><div>control over their derivative work, which the
GPL prevents.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></body></html>