WTF, Red Hat?

Red Hat, once friend and sponsor to downstream RHEL rebuilds, recently decided they no longer value such downstream projects; and has taken the unprecedented step of removing public access to their source code in a bid to stamp them out. I prepared a serious video analysing the reasons, the impacts, and the morality of this action. This... isn't that video. This somehow felt more appropriate to the circumstances we find ourselves in. 📽️ *Related* *Videos* CentOS is Dead: https://youtu.be/oeF82IJ5R58 Options for Replacing CentOS (And What I'm Doing): https://youtu.be/Iwafps4PnPI Why CentOS Stream is Important: https://youtu.be/59y9sMVYTjQ 💬 *Follow* *Me* https://twitter.com/AndrewMRQuinn 📚 *Articles/Blogs* *from* *Affected* *Parties* Red Hat: Removes public access to source code and hits out at rebuilders https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/furthering-evolution-centos-stream https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hats-commitment-open-source-response-gitcentosorg-changes Red Hat (Unofficial): Attacking Rocky Linux & CIQ https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/problem-rocky-linux-free-beer-magnus-glantz/ NASA: Perhaps the trigger for Red Hat's aggression towards Rocky & CIQ, in particular? https://sam.gov/opp/2e0365ce1e3c4c179b50fb15573d68e4/view Rocky Linux: Detailing workarounds and plan to continue as-is https://rockylinux.org/news/2023-06-22-press-release/ https://rockylinux.org/news/brave-new-world-path-forward/ https://rockylinux.org/news/keeping-open-source-open/ AlmaLinux: Changing from bug-for-bug compatible to binary compatible https://almalinux.org/blog/impact-of-rhel-changes/ https://almalinux.org/blog/our-value-is-our-values/ https://almalinux.org/blog/future-of-almalinux/ Oracle: Hitting out at Red Hat https://www.oracle.com/news/announcement/blog/keep-linux-open-and-free-2023-07-10 SUSE: Announces RHEL fork https://www.suse.com/c/navigating-changes-in-the-open-source-landscape/ https://www.suse.com/news/SUSE-Preserves-Choice-in-Enterprise-Linux/ Software Freedom Conservancy: On Red Hat and the GPL https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2023/jun/23/rhel-gpl-analysis/ #RedHat #RHEL #Linux #CentOS #RockyLinux #AlmaLinux #SUSE #Oracle #OpenSource