<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Dec 21, 2020 at 11:13 AM John Crisp <<a href="mailto:jcrisp@safeandsoundit.co.uk">jcrisp@safeandsoundit.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Tue, 15 Dec 2020 14:51:41 -0600<br>
Mike McGrath <<a href="mailto:mmcgrath@redhat.com" target="_blank">mmcgrath@redhat.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> > *Direct question: If the CentOS Project (via the Board), secures<br>
> > funding for expenses relating to the rebuild, does it get to<br>
> > continue CentOS Linux?*<br>
> > <br>
> Direct answer: Red Hat is out of the downstream building business.<br>
> None of our other products have a downstream build sponsored by Red<br>
> Hat, RHEL won't either. The cost was only one of many considerations<br>
> here.<br>
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That's the 'Extinguish' bit. Comes after 'Embrace' and 'Extend'.<br><br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Uhhh, there is no Extinguish in Open Source. That's the entire point. We embraced, we extended. If others want to carry on the torch they are more than welcome to do so.</div><div><br></div><div> -Mike </div></div></div>