Comment Re:Oracle are the primary reason for this (Score 1) 129
Rocky Linux is a commercial derivative, it isn't just Oracle. Alma is a non profit, but, you still get the core Redhat product for free (gratis).
I don't agree with, or like, what Redhat is doing here. But, I get it. We live in a purely capitalist society, and Redhat/IBM are publicly traded companies. They have to make money. And in this case Redhat is doing most all of the work and other companies (Oracle / Rocky / etc) are selling support for less than Redhat. The alternative is a race to the bottom in selling support, which doesn't benefit anyway. Redhat contributes a LOT back upstream into the kernel, gnome, etc
They aren't doing anything that the license doesn't allow them to do, though they are stomping and spitting on the spirit of the GPL.
They can't stop you from redistributing the SRPMs, but, if you do, they can deny you additional releases (including point releases). You'll always be entitled to the version of the SRPMs for the binaries you are running.
But, this is just a whack-a-mol game. Alma and Rocky will figure out how to work around this, and life will go on.