Re: Is Oracle a real alternative to Centos?

[Valeri Galtsev <galtsev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> On Dec 17, 2020, at 3:35 AM, Thomas Bendler <ml@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Dec 17, 2020 at 1:42 AM Nate Duehr <nate@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> ------ Original Message ------
>> From: "Matti Pulkkinen" <mkjpul@xxxxxx>
>>> As someone who is considering moving to OL, I wonder if you could
>> elaborate clearly on what specific concerns you have, without the
>> insinuation and analogy? Oracle's proposition [1] seems pretty
>> straightforward to me.
>>> 
>> That they'' eventually treat it to the same lawyers who've changed Java
>> licensing.
>> 
> 
> That is quite unlikely because JAVA is something they own since they bought
> SUN. OEL, however, is something they build based on RHELs work. In this
> respect, they only own the logos and the like, but that's it. So they might
> in the future stop the free usage of OEL, but they can't sue anyone. The
> only exception would be when you illegitimately use their logos or where
> else they own the copyright/ trademark.
> 

Of course, everybody makes one’s own predictions, and suffers from them if they don’t come true.

I made a prediction that CentOS will last, and did enjoy it to be true for about decade and a half. Which was long.

Thanks again, guys, for your excellent work in the past. And good luck to you in the future.

Valeri

> Kind regards Thomas
> -- 
> Linux ... enjoy the ride!
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