> I think Red Hat was fully in the right I think the reason for the initial uproar was this[1]: Q: Will the source code for Red Hat Enterprise Linux continue

> I think Red Hat was fully in the right I think the reason for the initial uproar was this[1]: Q: Will the source code for Red Hat Enterprise Linux continue to appear on git.centos.org? A: Yes, the source code for Red Hat Enterprise Linux will continue to be published on git.centos.org. Nothing will change about how the source code is published. This change is only related to the binaries the CentOS Project is building and how they are published. They struck that answer and replaced it with: A: June 2023 Update: CentOS Stream is now the location for public RHEL source code, sources will no longer be published to git.centos.org. The problem is for any downstream users (not just the 'freeloaders' or 'license abusers'), the main reason they remained in the RHEL ecosystem after the great CentOS to Stream migration was because free clones (Rocky and Alma) appeared in the wake of that decision. Timing is important here. Companies and individuals were working on migration from CentOS 7 to 8 when CentOS 8 was killed off 2 years into a planned 10 year cycle. Then once companies and individuals started migrating from Rocky/Alma 8 to Rocky/Alma 9, in the middle of the next 10 year support cycle of offering git.centos.org code dumps, Red Hat rugpulled the second time in as many release cycles. Red Hat is within their rights, but I don't think they are 'in the right' either in the way they announced the change, or in the timing. And IMO in the way they are treating the response ("we do so much good, so it's okay for us to have a EULA which is against the spirit of FOSS/GPL"). Also, the discourse started getting weird when there were implications by Red Hat leadership someone did something so bad to trigger this sudden change, yet nobody will say who it was. I admittedly don't know much about the Rocky/Alma situation, but it would be great if instead of vague accusations, someone would speak up because right now, for downstream users, it is annoying to have Red Hat imply one of these two orgs (maybe both?) is doing something nefarious, but to not know which one. [1] https://www.centos.org/distro-faq/ https://www.centos.org/distro-faq/