> Red Hat is very committed to putting the necessary infrastructure and organization in place around projects before they open source to make sure that the code isn't just available but can actually use community contributions.

OpenShift went from open-source to closed-source. The infrastructure and organization was already in place.

> or possibly to be in a stable enough state that the community can contribute.

I would say that it's stable enough for all RedHat customers who pay for it.

> I guess the point is I don't know, but given Red Hat's history of open sourcing even valuable acquisitions, I have faith that they will with OpenShift 4 as well.

I have no doubts that old RedHat would do it, but IBM might have a different approach.