Red Hat Tries To Address Criticism Over Their Source Repository Changes
Red Hat Tries To Address Criticism Over Their Source Repository Changes
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From what i get,
It seems like they are pissed at oracle specifically,
Selling a oracle branded rhel clone with minor tweaks and a oracle certified sticker.And the other downstream distros are just collateral damage.
Obviously wouldn't make it better
(But imo more understandable)1 0 ReplyThe literal point of GPL is that Oracle is explicitly entitled to do exactly that. You don't own the code.
0 0 ReplyWe had this already with mongodb, Elastic search and AWS. It's not sustainable to give away your work to your competitors so they can make the money.
0 0 ReplyThen just write proprietary code. Open source philosophy to me seems about creation for a "greater good". What's the point if you're not even going to be open? The organisation just becomes a massive corporation like any other at that point.
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