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Red Hat is a huge contributor to Linux. They also are responsible for making it a trusted OS for people coming off traditional Unix in the 90s. They aren’t doing anything on the backs of others.



Red Hat are relying on innumerable folks who do the work of certifying that their products work on RHEL, potentially creating lock-in for Red Hat.


Most of the code they ship isn't written by them, whatever metric you choose.


If that's the bar to being a good open source actor then who is?




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