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> RHEL is a targeted, Released Enterprise Operating system with a 10 year support cycle > CentOS was a targeted, Released Enterprise Operating system with a 10

> RHEL is a targeted, Released Enterprise Operating system with a 10 year support cycle > CentOS was a targeted, Released Enterprise Operating system with a 10 year support cycle And you don't see the problem here? Why do you expect Red Hat to maintain a free OS which targets exactly the same use case as their paid OS? They are not a charity. It would be great to have a free alternative to RHEL, but you shouldn't feel entitled to Red Hat providing that for you.

1e-9 6y ago
> Why do you expect Red Hat to maintain a free OS which targets exactly the same use case as their paid OS? Because they said they would. They could have made the change effective prior to releasing CentOS 8, or they could have made it effective for all versions after CentOS 8. Either of those paths would be understandable. Making the change after many have already migrated to 8 sends the message that Red Hat commitments are not to be trusted.
syshum 6y ago
Well first and foremost because the software is open source released under the GPL so yes to any code that is released under the GPL I am entitled to it for free, that is the terms of the license and the fundamental promise of FOSS software Secondly I do not believe I stated anywhere that I was entitled to it, this seems to be a strawman you created in some attempted to project your own beliefs of my motivations In several comments I have stated my biggest issue with RetHat/CentOS announcement was not they were shifting focus, but rather that they did so while reducing their previously stated committed of supporting CentOS 8 until 2029, to 2021. This is a betrayal of trust, and I do believe people are entitled to hold companies to account, and demand they honor their public commits of which RedHat previously committed to supporting CentOS 8 until 2029, and I feel they should honor that commitment. If they want to discontinue the support or shift the focus of the project for future releases then more power to them, the community will take the GPL code as we are entitled and create a replacement CentOS.

1e-9 6y ago

> Why do you expect Red Hat to maintain a free OS which targets exactly the same use case as their paid OS? Because they said they would. They could have made the change effective prior to releasing CentOS 8, or they could have made it effective for all versions after CentOS 8. Either of those paths would be understandable. Making the change after many have already migrated to 8 sends the message that Red Hat commitments are not to be trusted.

syshum 6y ago

Well first and foremost because the software is open source released under the GPL so yes to any code that is released under the GPL I am entitled to it for free, that is the terms of the license and the fundamental promise of FOSS software Secondly I do not believe I stated anywhere that I was entitled to it, this seems to be a strawman you created in some attempted to project your own beliefs of my motivations In several comments I have stated my biggest issue with RetHat/CentOS announcement was not they were shifting focus, but rather that they did so while reducing their previously stated committed of supporting CentOS 8 until 2029, to 2021. This is a betrayal of trust, and I do believe people are entitled to hold companies to account, and demand they honor their public commits of which RedHat previously committed to supporting CentOS 8 until 2029, and I feel they should honor that commitment. If they want to discontinue the support or shift the focus of the project for future releases then more power to them, the community will take the GPL code as we are entitled and create a replacement CentOS.