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Can someone ELI5 the situation with Red Hat and CentOS? (kbin.social)

submitted 2 years ago by mrbigmouth502@kbin.social to c/linux@kbin.social

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I've been hearing about it a lot over the last few days, but I don't exactly understand what's going on. What's going on with Red Hat, and how does it affect Linux users?

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[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

There is a legal question. It would have to be litigated to be resolved, though. The argument is that when RHEL threatens to cut off future business, they are placing a restriction on redistribution. RHEL would argue that it's a restriction on future business, not on current redistribution, but who can say what a court would make of that distinction.

It's true that RHEL does not have to continue a business relationship in general, but the point here is that they need to follow the GPL when making relevant business decisions.