Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮Jun 26, 2023

Re: RHEL CentOS git changes. They now make it clear their recent changes were to stop others repackaging into other distributions.

I do *get* what they’re trying to say. Simply allowing others super easy access to repack doesn’t make business sense for them.

However those two paragraph’s don’t help how they look and directly contradict each other….

Literally goes from ”Don’t build from us you freeloaders” To “Building from others is what open source is all about”.

https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hats-commitment-open-source-response-gitcentosorg-changes

Red Hat’s commitment to open source: A response to the git.centos.org changes

More about Red Hat's decision to make CentOS Stream the primary repository for RHEL sources.

Show threadLiam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮Jun 26, 2023
What they’re doing still isn’t “wrong” though and doesn’t make it “closed source” like some clickbaiters have been claiming. They don’t have to give it out like they did before. Sucks for downstreams using it but 🤷‍♂️
Show threadAlexJun 27, 2023

@gamingonlinux it's wrong when you're a company with a 25 year legacy built on top of open source principles and you're just trying to get rid of it for the money.

it's like Valve saying that they will move the Deck to Windows and will completely stop supporting Linux because 99% of the Linux users on Steam are freeloaders.

Show threadTheriacJun 27, 2023
@xinayder @gamingonlinux
tbh Valve would do that if they thought it would benefit them more. Proton is a typical example of a company making proprietory software from free software.
Show threadAlexJun 27, 2023

@Theriac @gamingonlinux I don't think so, or that's not the case. They saw potential in exploring Linux gaming and they decided to go with it. They know it's a rocky path and it won't be as profitable as Windows, but they still did it.

I believe that Valve is one of the few remaining companies that are owned by enthusiasts of the things they produce. Gabe is a gamer, Valve is a company for gamers, by gamers.

Show threadTheriac
@xinayder @gamingonlinux
It's definitely so or they would have just endorsed Wine.

Valve's motives for supporting Linux is and has always been less about philanthropy and everything about Valve profiting.
Jun 27, 2023 at 9:06amWeb