Rocky Linux Shares How They May Continue To Obtain The RHEL Source Code (www.phoronix.com)

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[-] KIM_JONG_JUICEBOX@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Why is RedHat even bothering to do this shit in the first place though?

[-] Prymu@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago

As with everything if you don't know why it is probably money

[-] DrWeevilJammer@lm.rdbt.no 3 points 1 year ago

I.E. Daddy IBM wants more

[-] ndr@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They think having downstream distros that repackage their software without adding anything is useless, and they want more customers. I get it, but meh.

Also, it doesn’t help that they communicated it poorly making it sound worse than it actually is.

this post was submitted on 30 Jun 2023

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