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[–] DrManhattan@lemmy.design 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Growing a community and making it easier for folks to contribute is a critical element of success. We are excited by the interest in working with the CentOS project.

Since Spring 2023, the CentOS Board and members of the community have been working on a set of guidelines to help define what success means for CentOS and its deliverables. Building community and contribution has been a part of the guidelines from day one.

We are excited by interest from new contributors and look forward to working with them to improve the CentOS project, our collective SIG communities, and the Linux ecosystem overall.

The CentOS Board of Directors

They could have fleshed this out a little bit more. This doesn't really say anything.

[–] leo@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show 13 points 1 year ago

CentOS hasn't said anything since Red Hat's move to derail the clones. Feels a little "say something about openness to say something about openness!"

[–] jplate8@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah, what is the point of this post at all? And how does the body relate to the title?

[–] mudamuda@geddit.social 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm sick of all the attempts to whitewash the recent Red Hat move. This makes things only worse. Fedora will not be affected, Alma has a bright future, CentOS is open to all, "rebuilders", clones...

[–] Raphael@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago

This sub is infested with corpo-apologists unfortunately.

[–] Raphael@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Guys, you're all forgetting CentOS was bought by Red Hat, aren't you.

[–] banazir@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The fact that they took a bit of time to say a few words that signify nothing speaks loud and clear.

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