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tl;dr: there are some contributions, mostly not to RHEL but to the surrounding ecosystem (including RHEL's upstream), so it apparently doesn't count.

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So it doesn't count when AlmaLinux does contribute upstream, but somehow counts when RH contributes and has this "100% upstream policy"? Is this RH's argument?

Don't read one guy's opinion on Reddit and attribute it to the whole company. There are surely others who agree with him, and others who don't. This is the kind of dumb stuff that leads to most tech companies barring employees from saying anything. Let's stay reasonable.

The implication that nothing from Fedora will make into RHEL for years seems absurd to me. Is this true?

RHEL 7 was introduced in 2014; RHEL8 came out in 2019.

That 5 years is the longest gap so far.

Even if it's years, it does get into RHEL, so it is value by itself, since I do assume they don't plan to shut down RHEL in 1 year.

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