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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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RHEL no longer open source (lemmy.world)

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Seems like IBM is going to make RHEL closed source. What's everyone's opinion about the move? I feel RHEL is now the evil villain distro of the community.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

you have the right to redistribute it under the same license for free or even charge for it.

if the GPL is the only license, then yes. however, if there are additional licenses applied which don't conflict with GPL, you may face restrictions on, say, distribution and sales of the code base, as Red Hat has done.

In effect, it's open source, but access is restricted to paying customers of RHEL, and they'e not allowed to redistribute or sell it per the additional license they agree to when they purchase it.