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w8l Jun 27, 2023

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

Red Hat's Mike McGrath (VP of Core Platforms Engineering) responds to the backlash from closing RHEL public source code access #rhel #red #enterprise #opensource #open #distribution #linux

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.

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wave_walnut Jun 27, 2023

Due to my lack of strict knowledge, I take it that there is a difference of opinion on whether RedHat violates the GPL in this case, and also that the outcome of the lawsuit and the market reaction is necessary in this regard.
In any case, I hope that all the engineers who contribute to the daily evolution of RHEL at RedHat are well compensated and that more of them will be happy in the future.

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fr0g

Due to my lack of strict knowledge, I take it that there is a difference of opinion on whether RedHat violates the GPL in this case

I don't think there is a difference of opinion? RedHat only offering source code to paying customers (and devs) is completely legal and in line with the GPL license. But maybe there's something more to it that I missed.