nixCraft š§Red Hatās commitment to open source: A response to the git.centos.org changes https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hats-commitment-open-source-response-gitcentosorg-changes What do you think? PR speak or genuine commitment? #linux #opensource #rhel
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@nixCraft I know my profile picture and bio might mark me as "The Enemy" here in some people's eyes, but from the inside, I can tell you... It's genuine. Take that for what it's worth.
Sheogorath@gangrif @nixCraft Uff, I mean, let me put it this way: It's not that people are necessarily angry, I think at this point people are mostly disappointed. At least I am.
I think the language used in this and other recent Blog Posts by RH don't sound like something one would expect from an open source company. Not today and especially not 10 years ago.
@sheogorath @nixCraft I think the issue is with the realization that all that open source companies do costs money.Decisions about how we publish our source is way above my pay grade. But i can tell you that everyone iāve worked with at red hat is committed to the the freedom that comes from open source software.
The problem is, weāre a company who has employees to pay. And the contribution of those employees to the projects that make up rhel is significant.
@sheogorath @nixCraft and iāve got to be honest. waaay back when i was still a young sysadmin. before i ever joined red hat. i was a centos user. and i could never quite figure out why red hat would make it so easy for people to rebuild rhel for free.
it was a āgood thingā for a long time. and we know what happens to all good things.
our upstream is still accessible. i guess thatās going to have to do.