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Red Hat / Fedora drama?
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You're sadly mistaken. The very principle of Libre is sharing. Like sharing a recipe. You get it from someone for free, you can modify the recipe and you MUST pass it on.
It's not sharing if you don't let anyone look at it. That's the "open source" part - the code must be open for anyone to see and download. That's the sharing part ...
Google "Richard Stallman Libre software"' and read everything he wrote to bring yourself up to speed.
Linux is not just open source. It's MORE than that, it's LIBRE. Huge difference.
Find me where it says you can't charge or that you have to distribute source code to anyone
https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html