From me on a conversation today: "Free as in they're free to take it away from you".

#IBMHat

You wouldn't compile downstream.

(You know the font)

#IBMHat

Quoting Alan Cox [@etchedpixels] at Twitter:

>> Mike McGrath for Red Hat: “We will always send our code upstream and abide by the open source licenses our products use, which includes the GPL.”
> https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hats-commitment-open-source-response-gitcentosorg-changes

Meanwhile:

>> Magnus Glantz of Red Hat: “I guess some people just still have not understood that free software (which open source originally was called), refers to free as in freedom, not free as in free beer, free labor or free money.”
> https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/problem-rocky-linux-free-beer-magnus-glantz/

It's all puff pieces about fear and freeloading that are old Microsoft grade.

And it speaks to the point. IBMHat thinks it “sells Red Hat Linux”, no it sells support and services. The code isn't really theirs to sell.

(Not when it's “100% Open Source”. ~ed.)

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🐦: https://twitter.com/EtchedPixels/status/1673610472224899072 / https://nitter.net/EtchedPixels/status/1673610472224899072

#RedHat vs #RockyLinux #IBMHat #FOSSdrama #DistroDrama #LinuxDrama #SourceCodeGatekeeping

Purely out of curiosity...

What is the correct way for say, an open source hypervisor team to validate #IBMHat #RHEL compatibility with all CPU socket and core combinations?