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Following the usual playbook, IBM's Red Hat begins locking down access to it's "open source"
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We're (US) is in a growth cycle. This is a common thing -- the companies need to try to keep up with growth/markets, so squeeze people for more money. Reddit is doing it -- trying to IPO. Red Hat is doing it with this, though for me they've never been compelling or useful -- I'm shocked they've hung on this long. Their products in my (very limited) experience are mediocre.
You aren't Red Hat's target customer. Their target is a large corporation that not only wants to pay for official support, but often needs to thanks to regulations or the like.