On Fri, Jan 22, 2021 at 08:35:44PM +0000, Jamie Burchell wrote: > Can RH put a stop to projects like Rocky Linux? Yes, in two possible ways. First, Red Hat could stop making RHEL. The amount of work that goes into this is _quite_ significant, particularly in terms of the long-term stability that everyone is very excited about. Rebuild projects would then have nothing to rebuild. But, Red Hat isn't going to do that, because RHEL is important to Red Hat both as a product and as a base for the company's other projects. Second, Red Hat goes way beyond the obligations of the licenses of many of the pieces of software that comprise the distribution. Large, vital swaths of RHEL are not under "copyleft" style licenses. Without the full source published in a regular and timely manner, rebuilds couldn't exist. But, Red Hat isn't going to do that, for a number of reasons but mostly because free and open source is essential to what Red Hat *is* as a company. And it's not just a goodwill thing or whatever: everyone from the front lines up to the highest levels knows that it's key to our business success. -- Matthew Miller <mattdm at fedoraproject.org> Fedora Project Leader