Not long ago, Red Hat announced changes to the way RHEL source code is released . Previously, Red Hat pushed RHEL's public source code to git.centos.org; now, CentOS Stream will be the only repository for public RHEL-related source code releases.
Red Hat's move has aroused heated discussions in the industry. Some argue that this is limiting open source users' access to the RHEL source code, as only Red Hat customers and partners can obtain the RHEL source code through the Red Hat Customer Portal under their subscription agreements.
Some people also believe that although Red Hat's move does not violate the open source agreement, as a company that is famous all over the world as an "open source company", its behavior violates the spirit of open source, and it is no longer so open, which is a retrogressive behavior.
Others believe that Red Hat's move will be a devastating blow to the downstream of RHEL, because distributions based on RHEL (AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, Oracle Linux, etc.) will be more difficult to provide 100% compatible builds with the RHEL version.
Some people also speculate that Red Hat stopped updating CentOS before, and now it has changed the way of releasing RHEL source code. There may be more big moves in the direction of open source in the future.
The impact of the incident has been far from limited to Red Hat itself.
What happened? What is the reason behind the RHEL and CentOS series of actions? Whose cheese is Red Hat doing with this move? How do you view the relationship between open source and business?
To this end, OSCHINA planned a live broadcast, and specially invited Zhang Jiaju, Chief Architect of Red Hat Greater China, Tan Zhongyi, a veteran engineer with more than 20 years of open source experience, and Sir Wei, translator of the Chinese version of "Cathedral and Bazaar", to talk about Red Hat's recent events from different angles and positions.
Theme of the live broadcast: multiple perspectives, talk about recent events of Red Hat
Live broadcast time: 19:00-20:30, July 26
Live broadcast platform: "OSC Open Source Community" video account
Live guests:
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Tan Zhongyi, a veteran engineer with more than 20 years of open source experience
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Sir Wei, translator of the Chinese version of The Cathedral and the Bazaar
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Zhang Jiaju, Chief Architect of Red Hat Greater China
Not much to say, scan the QR code to join the group, and make an appointment for a live broadcast!
Also, do you have any questions? Ask questions in the comment area, see you in the live broadcast~
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