On Wed, 2020-12-09 at 17:44 +0200, specktator wrote: > we need to be *aware of such actions on FOSS.*
+1 this looks like history repeating itself: back in 1999-2000 Red Hat pulled the switch on their (whatever the name was) community edition, trying to coerce users into paid RHEL subscriptions. No thanks back then, no thanks today. Luckily, the universe of FOSS distros is varied and competitive. Fork them! Or better: join a distro with a better track record. Ultimately, the ethics of the organization is determined by the ethics of the individuals and it follows them wherever they go. This kind of conduct seems to be engrained in that strain of DNA for more than two decades, and you do not want to be anywhere near it. Bad apples. Me always happy to pay for valuable work/development/admin, but absolutely allergic to taxes, ransom, walled gardens, and other coercitive shenanigans. -- Yuval Levy, JD, MBA, CFA Ontario-licensed lawyer
