I'll bite. I'm assuming you're talking about RH removing source availability for RHEL[0]? If not, would love to be informed on the licensing "shxt show" you're referring to.
Some background: I avoid most of the Enterprise Linux ecosystem (CentOS, RHEL, AlmaLinux, etc.) as my mentality to sysadmin is often quite different than the average RHEL lover. I run NixOS everywhere and supplement with Arch Linux or Ubuntu when I can't use NixOS. So I am in no way a part of the target demographic of RHEL or derivatives.
But, I actually agree with Red Hat's view on the RHEL clones[1]: they should start using CentOS Stream as their upstream base. CentOS Stream is upstream of RHEL, so if the RHEL-compatible distros start snapshotting from CentOS Stream, then all of the Enterprise Linux ecosystem will benefit from bug-fixes, improvements, etc. that they all contribute into CentOS Stream. Unfortunately, for the RHEL-clones, if they adopt this approach they wouldn't have bug-for-bug compatibility with major RHEL releases, and they would have to do more work in making an LTS off of CentOS Stream. But, everyone benefits (theoretically) in contributing to the same upstream codebase -- and I can't think of many instances where an application that works on RHEL wouldn't work on CentOS Stream or a downstream derivative.
AlmaLinux has chosen to rebase off of CentOS Stream[2] and I think it's the right choice. Rocky Linux has chosen to try to workaround Red Hat's removal of source availability by relying on loopholes to obtain RHEL source code via UBI containers and cloud images[3]. I can't imagine this (seemingly fragile) approach being sustainable and it feels counterintuitive to continue building a distro based on the work of a company whose mentality that you fundamentally disagree with.
Long-winded response, but I guess I don't love the FUD surrounding Red Hat. Red Hat's work benefits me as a Linux user with tooling like Network Manager, systemd and GNOME. I don't think Linux would be as serious of a contender in certain spheres without Red Hat's open source work that the entire Linux ecosystem benefits from.
Some background: I avoid most of the Enterprise Linux ecosystem (CentOS, RHEL, AlmaLinux, etc.) as my mentality to sysadmin is often quite different than the average RHEL lover. I run NixOS everywhere and supplement with Arch Linux or Ubuntu when I can't use NixOS. So I am in no way a part of the target demographic of RHEL or derivatives.
But, I actually agree with Red Hat's view on the RHEL clones[1]: they should start using CentOS Stream as their upstream base. CentOS Stream is upstream of RHEL, so if the RHEL-compatible distros start snapshotting from CentOS Stream, then all of the Enterprise Linux ecosystem will benefit from bug-fixes, improvements, etc. that they all contribute into CentOS Stream. Unfortunately, for the RHEL-clones, if they adopt this approach they wouldn't have bug-for-bug compatibility with major RHEL releases, and they would have to do more work in making an LTS off of CentOS Stream. But, everyone benefits (theoretically) in contributing to the same upstream codebase -- and I can't think of many instances where an application that works on RHEL wouldn't work on CentOS Stream or a downstream derivative.
AlmaLinux has chosen to rebase off of CentOS Stream[2] and I think it's the right choice. Rocky Linux has chosen to try to workaround Red Hat's removal of source availability by relying on loopholes to obtain RHEL source code via UBI containers and cloud images[3]. I can't imagine this (seemingly fragile) approach being sustainable and it feels counterintuitive to continue building a distro based on the work of a company whose mentality that you fundamentally disagree with.
Long-winded response, but I guess I don't love the FUD surrounding Red Hat. Red Hat's work benefits me as a Linux user with tooling like Network Manager, systemd and GNOME. I don't think Linux would be as serious of a contender in certain spheres without Red Hat's open source work that the entire Linux ecosystem benefits from.
[0] https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/furthering-evolution-centos-s...
[1] https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hats-commitment-open-sour...
[2] https://almalinux.org/blog/future-of-almalinux/
[3] https://rockylinux.org/news/keeping-open-source-open/
EDIT(s):
Some minor grammar fixes.
Also, I would recommend looking at the the AlmaLinux link's footnote for ABI compatibility and what that means.