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> I have a project in RHEL that they 'rebuild' but I don't see that as a 'threat'. that's only a relevant statement IF you are trying to make your living off
by masukomi 3y ago
> I have a project in RHEL that they 'rebuild' but I don't see that as a 'threat'.
that's only a relevant statement IF you are trying to make your living off of it and they're rebuilding it without compensating you.
they're not saying rebuilding their opensource packages is a threat to the creators. They're saying people freely distributing the things they pay people to make is a threat to their ability to continue to pay people to make it.
I don't care if people repackage my open source code because I'm not trying to pay for food and shelter with it. If i was, I'd be screwed because every repackaging would be just giving away my work without compensating me.
- hdjjhhvvhga 3y agoBut Red Hat was aware of that risk but made the decision to repackage and live off other people's work a few decades ago - and it paid off.