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"The massive power asymmetry matters."

Rules for thee but not for me? What's the boundary for company size that forces public release of code vs. allowing a small company to choose its customers?

If Red Hat's customers find the situation intolerable, they can and will stop paying Red Hat and do business elsewhere. It's not, by and large, Red Hat's customers that are squawking about this - it's people who have decided they're entitled to the clones and are actively undermining Red Hat.



Yes, that's kind of how intimidation works. The mafia doesn't get to claim the shopkeeper is intimidating them.




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