Wow. Red Hat cutting back RHEL source availability: CentOS Stream will now be the sole repository for public RHEL-related source code releases. For Red Hat customers and partners, source code will remain available via the Red Hat Customer Portal. https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/furthering-evolution-centos-stream What do you think? #linux#opensource
@nixCraft I think it's time to create the CentOS+ distro where we use ye ol' GPL to get back access to the code and then have a 100% separate entity manage it.
@tbroyer@nixCraft Fedora gets more than just funding from "big brother" Red Hat. Much of their development team has been developers who aid within Red Hat, and much of the development timeline is directed by Red Hat as well.
Fedora is not a stand alone of which Red Hat is "lucky" to befit from.
@tbroyer@Linux_Is_Best@nixCraft you can always try to see problems when there are none… #fedora is clearly not affected here, still completely open source and now even part of the digital public goods alliance…
Do you have any idea on the impact this will have on #Fedora? I might have to switch to a new distro but I haven't been able to find any information yet.
@nixCraft I don’t run servers anymore but when I did they were all centos. As a product of a for-profit company this was inevitable, but still disappointing. I don’t think their copywriters know what evolution is tho
@easytarget Fedora is a separate entity, Red Hat does not have that kind of control over it. Furthermore, they benefit from Fedora being used by as many people as possible, so I fail to see why they would have any interest in monetizing it, even if they could. RHEL is how they make money.
@bragefuglseth
I think you are right, but I'd also be totally unsurprised if there is somebody in RH/IBM tasked with finding a way to do exactly that..
@atoponce RHEL is popular because corporate can call someone when things go wrong, or a sysadmin or IT guy leaves the job or drop dead. They provide training and support as long as you buy the contract. Otherwise, Debian, Ubuntu, and others are good for anyone.
@nixCraft Yes, I'm familiar. I'm RHEL certified and was an RHX for a couple years certifying other admins.
Paying for support contracts means you don't have the confidence in your IT department to address things that go wrong. Sure, the suits can sleep at night as an insurance policy, but it also encourages the team to not take ownership of their infrastructure. "RH can fix it".
There are also plenty of 3rd party Debian contractors that you can pay for support.
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