[CentOS] Is Oracle a real alternative to Centos?

On Thu, Dec 17, 2020 at 1:42 AM Nate Duehr <nate at denverpilot.com> wrote:

> ------ Original Message ------
> From: "Matti Pulkkinen" <mkjpul at utu.fi>
> >As someone who is considering moving to OL, I wonder if you could
> elaborate clearly on what specific concerns you have, without the
> insinuation and analogy? Oracle's proposition [1] seems pretty
> straightforward to me.
> >
> That they'' eventually treat it to the same lawyers who've changed Java
> licensing.
>

That is quite unlikely because JAVA is something they own since they bought
SUN. OEL, however, is something they build based on RHELs work. In this
respect, they only own the logos and the like, but that's it. So they might
in the future stop the free usage of OEL, but they can't sue anyone. The
only exception would be when you illegitimately use their logos or where
else they own the copyright/ trademark.

Kind regards Thomas
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