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by edgyquant 1096 days ago
Red Hat is a huge contributor to Linux. They also are responsible for making it a trusted OS for people coming off traditional Unix in the 90s. They aren’t doing anything on the backs of others.
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Red Hat are relying on innumerable folks who do the work of certifying that their products work on RHEL, potentially creating lock-in for Red Hat.
Most of the code they ship isn't written by them, whatever metric you choose.
If that's the bar to being a good open source actor then who is?