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Re:Red Hat cutting back RHEL source availability by m463 on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @02:07PM (#36422075)
Isn't redhat profiting from all the software upstream to themselves?

I'm reminded of the definition of a linux distribution: a package manager and a source repository.

(that said, unbreakable linux, yeah)

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Re:Red Hat cutting back RHEL source availability by zaphar on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @02:10PM (#36422121)
Redhat contributes back to upstream in a lot of cases. I don't know if Rocky and co do or not but Redhat definitely does.
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Re:Red Hat cutting back RHEL source availability by m463 on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @02:17PM (#36422203)
I'm not denying that important point.

But imagine being a contributor to a package which redhat incorporates and using it via centos/rocky.

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Re:Red Hat cutting back RHEL source availability by fredski42 on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @02:56PM (#36422769)
RedHat actually helps Rocky and co by basing RHEL on Centos Stream. Rocky and co can now file bugs on Centos Stream and have it fixed faster for their distribution. Before they could not do that. They had to report further upstream and had to wait until that landed in RHEL. Also RedHat is helped by these fixes. Only winners here.
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