> We are as entitled to it as we are to the Linux kernel on which it's based. Are you claiming they are in violation of the GPL license? I believe they still

> We are as entitled to it as we are to the Linux kernel on which it's based. Are you claiming they are in violation of the GPL license? I believe they still are 100% in compliance. > The CentOS project itself wasn't started by Red Hat. It was given to them with the expectation that they would be good stewards of it. They haven't. They stepped in to stewardship of the product quite naturally, with the full backing of the previous stewards. Nobody was forced into that agreement. It wasn't given to them as a gift, Red Hat has sponsored the project for the last 6+ years. The fact that you disagree with the direction it has since gone, does not mean it's wrong. It may be the difference between having something more modest, and having nothing at all. And if you want something closer to the original CentOS check out: https://rockylinux.org/ https://rockylinux.org/ Which was created by the CentOS founder.