Red Hat burns more community goodwill, killing off binary compatible distros for good

Red Hat announced last week that they're pulling the source code for Red Hat Enterprise Linux releases (the beta/test source code still exists, aka CentoS Stream), meaning it's no longer possible to build your own version of RHEL to match the paid versions Red Hat sells. CentOS used to provide this so people unable to pay can lean, tinker and support Red Hat, and what Rocky & Alma Linux have been doing to fill the gap CentOS left. Red Hat's move upset many people, with Jeff Geerling providing a good summary of the beef they have with the decision. Red Hat responded with their own blog post, saying "we do not find value in a RHEL rebuild and we are not under any obligation to make things easier for rebuilders" and that "simply rebuilding code, without adding value or changing it in any way, represents a real threat to open source companies everywhere". Red Hat technically isn't breaking any open source licence agreements, but man, they sure have pissed off a loyal fan base.