I’m curious about what you think on how it will affect the Linux community and distros (especially RHEL based distros like Fedora or Rocky).

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    1 year ago

    They could still revoke access. The subscription probably says something like “we can revoke access for any reason”. Most subscriptions do

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      1 year ago

      True, but what’s stopping someone from uploading it anonymously? They have to share the code with customers, but that doesn’t mean GPL doesn’t apply to non-customers. Anyone working at these companies can download the source code and upload it online.