Red Hat cutting back RHEL source availability

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Jun 21, 2023, 5:35 PM UTC

ddaae2ggg444569 wrote: post #53

2OEH8eoCRo0 wrote: post #34

The comments there are insightful and actually make me think this is the right move: > Since the earliest days of Linux or MySQL, there were companies set up to profit from others’ contributions. Most recently in Linux, for example, Rocky Linux and Alma Linux both promise “bug for bug compatibility” with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), while contributing nothing toward Red Hat’s success. Indeed, the natural conclusi…

Yeah I really think people are way out over their skis if they think that Red Hat/IBM doesn't have at least a somewhat justifiable case to make here. You can still disagree, but at least you need to admit that you can understand why they would be pissed about something like Rocky. They do offer downloads of RHEL for free (or is that gone too?) for anybody not using it commercially, this isn't some poor student clonin…

Post by pjmlp » Wed, Jun 21, 2023, 5:36 PM UTC

ghaff wrote: post #21

pjmlp wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Many startups can only dream of being as long and influential as IBM is. Also note that IBM contributions to Linux kernel in 2000, was one of the reasons it actually took off.

I'd argue that IBM's contributions in that timeframe were more about about validating it from a large business perspective than about technical contributions (that tended to focus on large system performance which wasn't actually that important for Linux taking off).

Post by pjmlp » Wed, Jun 21, 2023, 5:38 PM UTC

Timon3 wrote: post #19

pjmlp wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Many startups can only dream of being as long and influential as IBM is. Also note that IBM contributions to Linux kernel in 2000, was one of the reasons it actually took off.

> Many startups can only dream of being as long and influential as IBM is. Okay? Do you feel attacked because I wrote something negative about IBM? Not sure how that is relevant to my point. > Also note that IBM contributions to Linux kernel in 2000, was one of the reasons it actually took off. And that influences the motivations behind their current decisions how exactly?

Post by rovr138 » Wed, Jun 21, 2023, 5:38 PM UTC

LordShredda wrote: post #40

NASA recently made a deal with Rocky Linux, which is literally just RHEL with branding replaced afaik. Probably pissed IBM real bad since they're usually the government's darling for tech contracts

Post by phpisthebest » Wed, Jun 21, 2023, 5:46 PM UTC

tw04 wrote: post #48

HideousKojima wrote: post #2

It only takes a single customer with a RHEL subscription to republish the source, so this is really just a middle finger out of spite to Centos competitors.

>It only takes a single customer with a RHEL subscription to republish the source, so this is really just a middle finger out of spite to Centos competitors. That is a violation of their terms of service and will result in a termination of your subscription unless I'm misreading it (section d): Unauthorized Use of Subscription Services. Any unauthorized use of the Subscription Services is a material breach of the Agr…