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Jeff Geerling stops development for Redhat
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Except they're aren't violating the GPL at all. Their source code is still available to subscribers (and it isn't behind a paywall because you can get a free license) and available to the public via CentOS Stream. Their code also goes into upstream projects as well.
The GPL exists so that companies can't just take the code and contribute nothing back. But that isn't what Redhat is doing here so I find your accusations that Redhat is exploiting users to be very hyperbolic.
Whether or not they're violating the letter of the GPL is entirely separate from whether they're violating its intent. The former is debatable but the latter is absolutely happening here.
What do you think the intent of the GPL is though? Genuinely curious, this isn't meant as a retort or anything.
They are specifically and explicitly trying to limit your freedom with regards to redistribution by making it a violation of their EULA to do so.
But the code is also available in CentOS Stream, which is basically the "git master" of RHEL, and that you can freely redistribute.