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Should we be wary of Red Hat? (lemmy.cafe)

submitted 21 hours ago by propitiouspanda@lemmy.cafe to c/linux@programming.dev

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They were bought by IBM a few years back, but even aside from that they’re a corporation and they care about making money above all else.

It looks like Red Hat is doing its damnedest to consolidate as much power for themselves within the Linux ecosystem.

I don’t think the incessant Fedora shilling is unrelated.

It seems like there isn’t much criticism of the company or their tactics, and I’m curious if any of you think that should change.

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[–] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 0 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

What does that even mean? Alma already contributes and is down stream of CentOS Stream. Rocky doesn't contribute and steals Red Hat source.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 0 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

Rock Linux isn't "stealing" anything. They make a exact RHEL clone for those who want absolute RHEL clone. Almalinux on the other hand is just trying to be comparable with RHEL software and tools. It is very similar to RHEL but they do things like fix issues faster. Some people are weary of Almalinux because it is tied to cloudlinux.

[–] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

No, it is "stealing." Even worse is that they don't contribute back to the community. They're breaking the terms and agreement in order to get the source. Alma is based on CentOS Stream and is ABI compatible with RHEL.

[–] gaylord_fartmaster@lemmy.world 0 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Dude you're fighting a very uphill battle trying to make us feel bad for an IBM subsidiary.

[–] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Red Hat is more than just an IBM subsidiary. They're a major contributor to open source.

[–] gaylord_fartmaster@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

I agree, but they've also made deliberate moves to muddy the waters of open source and push the limits of what is acceptable under GPL, and I'm not going to shed any tears over their loss of potential corporate profit.