[majesticmerc]

Forgive my cynicism...

I'm not sure I'm seeing any content that's worth upvoting. This is link to a GitHub Repo containing... A readme claiming to replace centos?

So I followed the link from the issue that was asking donations, and it takes me to a GitHub account that outlines some goals, and a couple more repos for 2 versions of a Rocky Linux website.

Am I missing something?

[Veen]

You may be missing that the guy behind Rocky, Gregory Kurtzer, is the original founder of CentOS. He has some credibility in the field.

[suifbwish]

Sounds like a captain who’s men marooned on an island and is now looking seeking funding for a new pirate ship. How is it not somehow his fault that RedHat gained control of his first project?

[Veen]

My understanding is that he was forced out by some sort of community disfunction in 2005, long before Red Hat took charge.

[gmkurtzer]

This is accurate and that community disfunction will not happen again. In the process of creating "The Rocky Linux Foundation" which will be a non-profit organization which will "own" and maintain the Rocky Linux project and assets.

CentOS started off on the wrong foot, I made mistakes, and was naive and trusted the wrong people. Now I'm going back to the original vision, but ensuring that everything is setup properly, openly, and with integrity.

[majesticmerc]

Ah okay, thank you! I was indeed missing some context!