Oracle is now publishing split-out patches for Red Hat kernels (blogs.oracle.com)

Did you forget the <disbelief></disbelief> tag pair?

I can't believe the nerve of Oracle. They claim to be part of the community while distributing Linux -- _Linux_ -- with deliberately obfuscated source so that others can't compete with them, which turns out to be a mere nuisance for big companies but actually problematic for end users' freedom. I can't think of a bigger affront to the community than obfuscating Linux itself for commercial gain.

... Oh wait, is that not Oracle? ... Oh ...