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Can a loser explain this to me? Thanks. @tempest1247
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They create and manage a distribution of Linux called RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). Linux, along with most of the related components (common utilities etc), are licensed under GPL, which means they're forced to give you the source code along with the actual software. This is a very common open-source license btw, and one way the unpaid devs working on these projects can "force" companies to contribute back. In other words if you create a program and license it under GPL, and I think it's cool and use it in my paid product with some modifications I'm required to release those modifications/improvements as well.
Anyways you need to pay for RedHat Enterprise Linux. Technically speaking, they only have to give the source code to the people they distribute the software to - in other words, paying customers. This is in contrast with something like, say, the Twitter iPhone app - since they give it away for free, if they use any GPL components, they need to release their source code to anyone who can download the app (so everyone).
They used to just release it to the public, paying and non-paying alike. This resulted in a distribution called CentOS that's basically exactly the same as RHEL except it's open source, basically some nerds took the source code that RedHat released and just compiled it themselves. (Okay it's a bit more complicated but that's a good enough summary). RedHat killed CentOS somewhat recently, though, by withdrawing support - they used to help the CentOS devs but no longer.
The nerds who see open-source software as some sort of social cause are obviously upset by this.
It's kinda a silly thing to b-word about though because RHEL and CentOS unironically suck. Ubuntu and Debian are both better. RHEL is really into shit like govt contracts and contracted support and shit like that so it's very enterprise-y and the top brass at giant firms want someone to blame when shit breaks. It also used to be the case that stuff like device manufacturers would only provide drivers for RHEL/CentOS but Ubuntu and Debian are so popular these days that they actually tend to get better support from most things.
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Not reading all that. Happy for you, though. Or sorry that happened.
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:#marseyantifrozenchosen:
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Print frick this guy
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She’s making a code joke. She did it so poorly that I think it was on purpose.
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system.out.foids
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I shamed him for writing this
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Can’t believe you wrote this thinking:
A) foid will understand it
B) she will read it
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Statements made by someone who has never worked with linux outside of a laptop their mom bought them.
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As someone who has to update Linux kernel patches, Ubuntu is still better.
CentOS is old as shit and there's no actual upgrade path. I loathe having to work with out of date nonsense.
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Gotta keep moms laptop up to date after all.
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Wow, you must be a JP fan.
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The only time I've ever heard of RHEL is in the context of DoE and other supercomputers. Yeah it always sucks to lose an open-source project like that, but theses distributions have a really limited application space. Like you said, Ubuntu and others all operate better for the general public.
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bruh, there’s zero chance most of the fortune 500 doesn’t run RHEL.
Follower of Christ Tech lover, IT Admin, heckin pupper lover and occasionally troll. I hold back feelings or opinions, right or wrong because I dislike conflict.
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Even if you’re not a nerd it’s annoying having to pay for something that used to be free
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Nobody is going to pay except for companies who panic at the thought of having to migrate their apps to a new server OS.
I look forward to the incoming lawsuits for the drama they will bring though.
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High level. You can only look at the source code if you create an account or are a customer. By creating the account you have to agree that you wont tweak the product at all or share it with others.
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A stinker's promise is worth nothing
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MFW doing a stinky
MFW 15 years in prison
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I'm not sure how they expect people to not just miraculously make a 1:1 copy of their already open source product anyway?
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Thats centos
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Nerds can't inspect element on their knockoff Windows 10 anymore
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for every L another W will pull through
FOSS is forever
FOSS is the way the truth the life
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Random slavshit paragraph for no reason lmao
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Lol its why i picked this article
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/h/slavshit
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redhat not being free is just as much fun as being crushed to death at the bottom of the ocean!
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sorry @iStillMissEd but you got real dunked on
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!codecels it does what it says on the tin
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No refunds
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Good. I hope they do it to systemd next.
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"Prank," my butt. This was a legitimate attempt to rip off a bunch of Bronies by Sam Hyde and the other unfunny manbabies over at Million Dollar Extreme. there are screenshots of Hyde and his cronies gloating, with Hyde in particular planning to pay his rent and alimony. They thought they could rip off Bronies because no one would care or come to their aid. Claiming this was a "prank" and not a full-on scam that was found out and fell through is revisionist as frick.
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archive.ph (click to archive)
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My boss was pretty annoyed about this at work today. I didn’t even know people were allowed to charge for Linux distributions.
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