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Re:Keeping Open Source Open by cesarb on Friday June 30, 2023 @10:25AM (#36535505)
> It's a debranded clone that by definition cannot even have a single bugfix that isn't in RHEL.

Not necessarily. They could easily have an optional repository for "bugfixes that aren't in RHEL". Those who want bug-for-bug compatibility with RHEL for some reason could simply not enable that repository.

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Re:Keeping Open Source Open by mackca on Friday June 30, 2023 @03:45PM (#36541095)
That repo would undercut the entire purpose of Rocky, which in their wiki state

> Rocky Linux is a community enterprise Operating System designed to be 100% bug-for-bug compatible with Enterprise Linux. [1]

[1] https://wiki.rockylinux.org/

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Re:Keeping Open Source Open by dev_daftly on Friday June 30, 2023 @03:53PM (#36541208)
At that point, why wouldn't the user just be using centos stream?
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