Red Hat's "obfuscated" kernel source

Your point being?

My point would be that they didn't invent the wheel (i..e the kernel) here. There got to where they are now because lots of others play by the rules and don't obfuscate their code, or its origins.

While Oracle doesn't play nice with Open Source, kowtowing to their level of "this is our code, whether the community likes it or not" boneheadedness and doing essentially the same thing is not the way forward: Oracle isn't going to change its business practice because of what Red Hat does or doesn't do with its kernel patches.

Summary: This step benefits nobody.

It may even hurt Red Hat directly, if a couple of their kernel people get disgusted enough about this attitude that they leave.