RHEL互換ディストリの作り方を手探ってみる1（大晦日ハッカソン）

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要するに、オープンソースライセンスの下に公開されているソースコードは、RedHatの商標やロゴ、その他独占的な権限を有するものを全て排除した場合に限り、そのライセンスに抵触しない範囲で再利用して良いことになっています。

そこで、RHEL のソースコードから RedHat が権利を有するものを削除し、再配布されている Linux ディストリビューションがあります。それが、RHEL クローンと呼ばれるものです。

過去には様々な RHEL クローンがありましたが、2020年現在、プロダクトに耐えうるものは Oracle Linux と Asianux です*5。Asianux は有償のため、無償のものは Oracle Linux のみです。なお、このアナウンスを受けて、CentOS に代わる新たな RHEL クローンを作ろうというプロジェクトがいくつか立ち上がっています。

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