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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

*sigh* Do I have to go abandon Fedora now too? I really hope they don't pull a CentOS on that one

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I highly doubt this would affect Fedora. Thankfully, it's community driven and self-goverened so Red Hat execs can't go and tell them what to do. (Though I don't know how many ties the Fedora council had to Red Hat)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

All of Fedora’s funding and IP comes from and belongs to Red Hat, this would be very persuasive. At least openSUSE has more sponsors than just SUSE.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

They already laid off the Fedora Program Manager back in May.

IBM is closing off Red Hat to bleed it dry.