Red Hat's response: https://redhat.com/en/blog/red-hats-commitment-open-source-response-gitcentosorg-changes
So... it *was* all about the "freeloaders". Can people stop telling me that this whole thing wasn't about freeloaders now? #redhat #opensource
The strangest part for me is this:
> Finally, I’d like to address every open source company out there, whether your code is open today or you’re considering moving to an open source model. By any measure, Red Hat has “made it” and I hope many open source companies can succeed as we have.
Then why make this change if they have "made it" and have "succeeded"? They have got this far with their code being accessible. Why make things more difficult for others at this stage?
@danb @geerlingguy They had succeeded until the IBM shareholders came around asking for more dividends. It was no longer sufficient to simply cover engineering costs with a bit of profit left over...
