Because they previously needed it in order to do open-source work that was based on RHEL instead of Fedora, and because as a volunteer-run project, it was not b

Because they previously needed it in order to do open-source work that was based on RHEL instead of Fedora, and because as a volunteer-run project, it was not being super responsively maintained. Here is a comment from a long-time Red Hat engineer explaining it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25351295 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25351295