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2OEH8eoCRo0 on Jan 20, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Red Hat announces no-cost RHEL for small productio...

The Linux kernel itself is corporate backed.

emilsedgh on Jan 21, 2021 [–]

There is a difference between corporate backed and being owned and operated by a corporation.

Ubuntu, Red Hat and SUSE are owned by companies. That ownership is more than just trademarks. The own the trademark and are the sole decision makers.

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