Am Dienstag, den 15.12.2020, 12:06 -0500 schrieb Matthew Miller: > On Tue, Dec 15, 2020 at 01:48:21AM -0700, R C wrote: > > I think that Centos, being that close to RHEL, should have had a > > licensing scheme for personal use, small business use, just to make > > things 'fair'. > > So, again, please stay tuned. Not for licensing schemes for CentOS, > but for > programs for these use cases for RHEL. See > https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/faq-centos-stream-updates#Q10 > and please really do mail centos-questions at redhat.com with your use > cases. > This is answered by humans designing these programs, not by sales. > But with the move of CentOS/RedHat to restrict the previously promised support time for CentOS 8, they loose alot of trust in future statements. Trust must be earned and RedHat/CentOS/IBM has carelessly wasted that trust. > > I don't think their (IBM/RHEL) course is going to change though, > > redhat going "commercial" has been going on for a decade and a half > > or so, and it looks like initial investors have a desire > > cashing/selling out at this point. > > I don't think there will be a course change either, but for different > reasons. The motivation isn't "cashing/selling out". It's... actually > the > stated motivation > https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/faq-centos-stream-updates#Q2 > > We will see, what happens in the future, but currently i cannot recommend without serious doubt to trust RedHat in the long run. -- Peter Huebner