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Oracle responds to Red Hat

  • Raphael@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Even ORACLE is calling out Red Hat.

    Who’s next, Apple?

    Currently testing Debian in a VM, I have lots of files so I need to set everything straight before I switch.

  • SVT@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    1 year ago

    If they are so keen on GPL, why dont they re license ZFS from its current GPL clashing license that stops it from getting Integrated into Linux kernel source code…

  • daguito81@waveform.socialEnglish
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    1 year ago

    This is hilarious considering one of the main reasons IBM is clamping down on RHEL is because they are literally taking RHEL, changed the stickers to “Oracle” and calls it a day to sell their own propietary shit. Of course they are against RedHat closing down RHEL, they need it to compile Oracle Linux.

    I don’t like what RedHat is doing (or IBM, however you want to see it) but cheering for Oracle on this particular issue is just wrong

    • conciselyverbose@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      Oracle doing what they’re doing is literally explicitly and intentionally permitted under the licensing of the Linux kernel.

      It’s not abusing anything. It’s the purpose of the license.

      • daguito81@waveform.socialEnglish
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        1 year ago

        If we’re going about what’s technically permitted, then RedHat is also permitted to change licence, close it down and stop any new versions from being open or free. All their development goes into the upstream so I don’t even know what Oracle is trying to say here. Except “we want open access to RHEL, not just upstream sources like CentOS”.

        • conciselyverbose@kbin.social
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          1 year ago

          No they aren’t. Not unless they remove all the GPL code from their software.

          It’s the entire purpose of the GPL. You can never own derivative code.

    • Zeth0s@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      What I don’t understand is: who is using oracle linux? Never heard of a single person or company using it?

      One must be really far from linux to choose oracle linux among hundreds of available distros

      • Hexadecimalkink@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        1 year ago

        It would be corporate clients that are already all on Oracle for their careers. I’ve met guys that have built their entire career on Oracle and if you suggest any other software they’ll try to politically assassinate you. Some people just care about money not the work they do.

  • camr_on@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    By the way, if you are a Linux developer who disagrees with IBM’s actions and you believe in Linux freedom the way we do, we are hiring.

    🤨