Re:Impact of RHEL Changes to AlmaLinux
by jzb on Thursday June 22, 2023 @04:52PM
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"Although without legal teeth, in practice wouldn't this become very challenging to keep enforced?"
Well, enforcement is entirely another matter. It might turn into a nightmare of whack-a-mole for Red Hat, I have no idea. I'm only saying that AIUI, Red Hat can do what they're doing and still be GPL compliant.
It may impact the clones' ability to claim "bug-for-bug" compatibility with RHEL, though. At least without making them a focal point for lawyers. But I have no idea how things will spin out from here.
"Conversely if the rest of the world mostly moved on"
This is looking like a possibility. Things are pretty fragmented now as it is with RHEL leading paid Linux, Ubuntu leading unpaid Linux, and each major cloud provider have their own Linux offerings + Ubuntu & RHEL. (Also Debian in there..)
I don't know that this is the smart move by Red Hat. It feels like a gamble to me, but it's theirs to make.
Well, enforcement is entirely another matter. It might turn into a nightmare of whack-a-mole for Red Hat, I have no idea. I'm only saying that AIUI, Red Hat can do what they're doing and still be GPL compliant.
It may impact the clones' ability to claim "bug-for-bug" compatibility with RHEL, though. At least without making them a focal point for lawyers. But I have no idea how things will spin out from here.
"Conversely if the rest of the world mostly moved on"
This is looking like a possibility. Things are pretty fragmented now as it is with RHEL leading paid Linux, Ubuntu leading unpaid Linux, and each major cloud provider have their own Linux offerings + Ubuntu & RHEL. (Also Debian in there..)
I don't know that this is the smart move by Red Hat. It feels like a gamble to me, but it's theirs to make.