Huge Open Source Drama
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Red Hat just erected a paywall in front of the source code to their Linux distribution.Are they burning bridges to the wider open source ecosystem?Referenced...

An exceptionally well explained rant that I find myself in total agreement with.

  • AlexEnglish
    47·
    2 years ago

    I don’t think they are. You can distribute the corresponding source for your binaries. You just won’t get updates to the binaries (and their corresponding source) afterwards.

    • JuxtaposedJaguarEnglish
      7·
      2 years ago

      Not only will you not get updates (after they end your subscription), but you’ll probably lose access to the entirety of their packages before you can download all of them in the first place.

      • AlexEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        Well there is a clause about how long source code needs to be available for. I wonder what the actual interaction will be there.