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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Thoughts on RHEL going closed source ? (mander.xyz)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I’m curious about what you think on how it will affect the Linux community and distros (especially RHEL based distros like Fedora or Rocky).

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To comply with GPL, RedHat simply has to provide source code to anyone they provide binaries to.

[–] WhoRoger 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yea, so why is everyone misrepresenting these news so damn hard? I'd think people who report on Linux would understand the core basics of GPL.

[–] wmassingham 4 points 1 year ago

Because clickbait works

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

RedHat could just not do business with the RHEL rebuilds and there'd be no obligation to share the source with them.