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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Thoughts on RHEL going closed source ? (mander.xyz)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I’m curious about what you think on how it will affect the Linux community and distros (especially RHEL based distros like Fedora or Rocky).

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Technically none of the open source licenses require you to publish the source to everyone. They just require you to publish the source to the same people who get binaries from you.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

But they are free to redistribute it again if I understand it correctly

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I don't think it's clear cut that you can punitively change relationships because someone exercised their legal right to redistribute the code.

It definitely is clear cut that no contract that's a prerequisite to receiving the code can restrict what you do with it in any way.