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Red Hat's Red Bait Move

Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jul 23, 2023

Open Hardware and Linux Projects

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Clearing up FUD surrounding Red Hat's actions

↺ Clearing up FUD surrounding Red Hat's actions

> From my conversations with folks in the Ansible business unit (an engineer and community team lead), it doesn't sound like I have much to worry about. For now.

> The difficulty is the precedent.

Red Hat decision turns world of open-source Linux upside down

↺ Red Hat decision turns world of open-source Linux upside down

> The Linux political wars have been percolating for a month now, and depending on what side you belong to, the decision by Red Hat to restrict source code distribution for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is either a business decision that needed to happen or an act of betrayal.

> The operating system brouhaha began with a June 21 posting from Mike McGrath, vice president of core platforms at Red Hat, regarding CentOS Stream, an open source development stream.

CIQ Launches New Rocky Linux Support Partner Program

↺ CIQ Launches New Rocky Linux Support Partner Program

> CIQ, which builds software infrastructure for enterprises running workloads atop the Rocky Linux enterprise Linux distribution, announced today the launch of its CIQ Partner Program. The company said the launch reinforces CIQ’s partner-first channel strategy as the company aims to deliver its suite of solutions and services to organizations worldwide that desire stability, seamless compatibility and cost-effectiveness for their IT infrastructure and high-performance computing needs.

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