CentOS is a community project, with Red Hat's backing. You don't go willy-nilly trample on a community. And Red Hat definitely "knows better" on dealing with op

CentOS is a community project, with Red Hat's backing. You don't go willy-nilly trample on a community. And Red Hat definitely "knows better" on dealing with open source communities more than most. I feel a lot of it boils down to what we, as humans, know about trust: it takes aeons to build it, but you can destroy it with a single reckless action. PS: Work for Red Hat; views expressed here are personal, of course.