June 26, 2023

Red Hat has announced that it will no longer provide public access to the source code of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).

Under the new policy, only the source code of CentOS Stream will be publicly available. However, customers are prohibited from sharing the code. This means that downstream projects will no longer be able to use RHEL’s source code as a starting point for their own distributions.

Red Hat says that the decision to limit public access to RHEL’s source code is necessary to protect its intellectual property. The company also says that the change will help to ensure that RHEL remains a stable and reliable platform for businesses.

However, the move has been met with criticism from some members of the open-source community. They argue that the change will make it more difficult for developers to contribute to RHEL and that it will stifle innovation.

The sources for this piece include an article in TheRegister.