Oracle acquires Ksplice

"The Ksplice Uptrack service is planned to be included as a standard part of Oracle Linux Premier Support, and we will no longer be selling the service separately to new customers moving forward. As an existing Ksplice customer, you may continue to renew your subscriptions and add additional systems to your account as before [...]"

No mention is being made of the continuation of the free service currently being offered to people running Ubuntu or Fedora. But future availability of this wonderful service for non-Oracle-customers looks very bleak.