CIQ, Oracle and SUSE Create Open Enterprise Linux Association for a Collaborative and Open Future
Oracle News, Thursday, August 10,2023
CIQ, Oracle and SUSE announced their intent to form the Open Enterprise Linux Association (OpenELA), a collaborative trade association to encourage the development of distributions compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) by providing open and free Enterprise Linux (EL) source code.
The formation of OpenELA arises from Red Hat's recent changes to RHEL source code availability. In response, CIQ, Oracle, and SUSE are collaborating to deliver source code, tools and systems through OpenELA for the community.
'Collaboration is critical to fostering innovation, which is why we welcome everyone to be part of this association and help us uphold open community standards,' said Thomas Di Giacomo, chief technology and product officer of SUSE. 'SUSE is a strong believer in making choice happen. Together with the open source community we will redefine what it truly means to be open and deliver a stronger future for EL.'
'Today's announcement marks the beginning of a new era for EL,' said Gregory Kurtzer, CEO of CIQ. 'With OpenELA, CIQ, Oracle and SUSE join forces with the open source community to help ensure a stable and resilient future for both upstream and downstream communities to leverage Enterprise Linux.'