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this post was submitted on 02 Jul 2023
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Well, there are exceptions, but I can remember one...
They bought Red Hat, now that company software is going closed source.
It legally cannot be made closed source.
IBM/Redhat only HAS to provide their source code to paying customers. That is what they are doing. They will also refuse to do business with entities that use the source to release the source or use it in a derivative distro.
This violates the spirit of open-source. IBM benefits from the work of thousands of programmers for free, but refuses to reciprocate. They are de facto close sourcing their code.
You can also bet of the fact that IBM will decrease their development of Redhat (more layoffs) over time as they emphasize short term profits.
https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hats-commitment-open-source-response-gitcentosorg-changes
From that link,
Despite what’s currently being said about Red Hat, we make our hard work readily accessible to non-customers. Red Hat uses and will always use an open source development model. When we find a bug or write a feature, we contribute our code upstream. This benefits everyone in the community, not just Red Hat and our customers.
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We will always send our code upstream and abide by the open source licenses our products use, which includes the GPL.
Linking redhat.com seems a little biased no?
Are you claiming that the facts, right out of the horses mouth, is biased? Are you trolling?
Linking redhat.com seems a little biased no?
I guess it's more: they going as closed source as they legally can.
Eh, they can do what Google did with Android. It's open source in name only.
No it isn't.