Just as they said back in July and reaffirmed today, they intend to keep Rancher's software "100% open-source" moving forward.
Rancher Labs announced the deal being finalized today along with the SUSE statement .
SUSE's statement noted, "today, with Rancher, we offer the industry’s only adaptable Linux operating system, interoperable Kubernetes Management platform, and innovative Edge solutions...Our purpose as a newly combined company is simple: it is to turn our customers into ‘innovation heroes’. Central to this is our unshakeable commitment to choice."