Post AY0H3P9pJlqHTmMHJo by omenos@fosstodon.org
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 (DIR) Post #AY0H39koaTvFhrXaka by omenos@fosstodon.org
       2023-07-19T12:56:21Z
       
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       Getting a little tired of seeing the phrase "freeloader" thrown around online so casually regarding the RHEL situation. Mike McGrath has a post on LinkedIn that details that word out a bit more:https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mrmikemcgrath_just-some-further-thoughts-on-this-week-activity-7080644263968997376-vrGA"Finally, I wanted to say something about the term "freeloaders" as I've seen many use it. This is a mostly internal term we have at Red Hat, it looks like at some point it slipped out in the public. So what does it mean?"1/x
       
 (DIR) Post #AY0H3EmlsdSTJNUizg by omenos@fosstodon.org
       2023-07-19T12:57:28Z
       
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       "A freeloader is when a large enterprise business has 20 RHEL licenses, 150,000 community rebuild systems, and sometimes hundreds of user accounts and hundreds of kbase searches per month.  It's not the enthusiasts, it's not the hackers and coders, it's not the academics, and it's not the people that use rebuilders because they can't afford it.  We really try not to use the term, but when we do, it's about the large companies that can afford to pay but don't."2/x
       
 (DIR) Post #AY0H3M90WMP88Mx57o by omenos@fosstodon.org
       2023-07-19T13:04:00Z
       
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       Red Hat does themselves no favors by having their own definitions and interpretations of common phrases. But being aware of that makes it a bit easier to read through RH commentary without getting riled up.3/x
       
 (DIR) Post #AY0H3P9pJlqHTmMHJo by omenos@fosstodon.org
       2023-07-19T13:10:26Z
       
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       Another term is "production", e.g. #RHEL is production-ready while @centos Stream is not. Stream is a perfectly capable production distribution, it's just not what Red Hat would define as production ready for their customer market.It has no support contract, no compliance certifications, no extended lifecycles, and no dedicated partner ecosystem certification.Does this mean it's a bad distro? Not at all! Don't get hung up on Red Hat's verbiage, which they are incentivized to say.x/x