No, RHEL isn't freemium. They sold you access to the source code. You also have ...

		jordigh on Oct 28, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: IBM acquires Red Hat No, RHEL isn't freemium. They sold you access to the source code. You also have the right to redistribute RHEL, which is how CentOS happened. I understand they did threaten to terminate support if you redistributed, but they couldn't stop you from doing so if you so chose.

They also require a support contract to view their bug tracker.