> You didn't bother to cite any reference, so I am highly skeptical. > I looked for this "announcement" and didn't find it.
How could you not find official references when so many people are infuriated. For instance, see https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hats-commitment-open-source-response-gitcentosorg-changes where a RedHat VP tries to calm the rage. > Linux is licensed under the GPL. Access to IBM RHEL executable and source access now requires paying for services and signing an NDA. Technically, they are following GPL by providing source with executables but not in the spirit of GPL by restricting access to the executables. Remember that IBM RHEL is not the only company to restrict access. Google, Amazon and others have modified Linux and yet access has been restricted. In fact, Google goes so far as to maintain Chromium OS and Chrome OS both of which are Linux distros. One is open source and the other is restricted. > Db2 has been available for Linux for many years. DB2 for Linux and Windows is not DB2 for z/OS. > What is a "sysplexed Linux"? Sysplex is the ability to tightly couple up to 32 z16 boxes. At the moment, z/OS is the OS of choice for utilizing sysplex. Linux today does not take full advantage of sysplex. For example, Linux DB2 on each of the 32 boxes are unique databases. On the other hand, z/OS DB2 on those same 32 boxes uses a shared database fully accessible by each box without dependance on the other 31 boxes. In theory, 6,400 cores have full access to the database instead of 200 cores available to a single z16 Max200. On Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 09:09:00 AM PDT, Tom Marchant <0000000a2a8c2020-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: On Wed, 19 Jul 2023 00:47:04 +0000, Jon Perryman <jperr...@pacbell.net> wrote: >IBM RHEL announced it's move to closed source (IBM RedHat Enterprise Linux). You didn't bother to cite any reference, so I am highly skeptical. I looked for this "announcement" and didn't find it. Linux is licensed under the GPL. It does not belong to IBM, and they have no legal right to "close source" it, or anything derived from it. Maybe they think that their lawyers are powerful enough to steal the GNU/Linux operating system with impunity, but it is bad PR, at the very least. >With some changes, DB2, RACF and other z/OS products could run in Linux on z16 Of course, they could. Db2 has been available for Linux for many years. >in one sysplexed Linux image. What is a "sysplexed Linux"? -- Tom Marchant ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
