On Wed, 9 Dec 2020 11:56:43 +1300, Peter Reutemann quoted:
'For those relying on CentOS 8 to enjoy the reliability and features of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 but without the licensing costs, etc, that will end in 2021.'
Along similar lines <https://www.theregister.com/2020/12/09/centos_red_hat/>: The implication may be that Red Hat has decided that the availability of CentOS undermines the commercial side of its business. Also: Can the community continue to rebuild CentOS Linux from the released source code? “We will not be putting hardware, resources, or asking for volunteers to work towards that effort, nor will we allow the CentOS brand to be used for such a project,” the FAQ said, though adding that “the code is open source and we wouldn’t try to stop anyone from choosing to use it or build their own packages from the code.” So the CentOS brand was created to get away from the Red Hat brand, but Red Hat now owns that as well...