countrypunk@slrpnk.net to Linux@lemmy.ml · 2 days agoWhat's the most obscure distro you can think ofmessage-squaremessage-square186fedilinkarrow-up1119arrow-down18
arrow-up1111arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the most obscure distro you can think ofcountrypunk@slrpnk.net to Linux@lemmy.ml · 2 days agomessage-square186fedilink
minus-squareservobobo@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 day agoIt’s an ancient divide in parts of the FOSS community that believes copyleft licenses are not “free” because they force you to license contributions under the same license.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-21 day agoYeah, I know, but I would’ve expected a distro that describes itself as “GNU/Linux-libre” would fall on the other side of it!
minus-squarecqst@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoNo one thinks this. Even permissively licensed BSD operating systems package GPL software and accept it as Free Software.
It’s an ancient divide in parts of the FOSS community that believes copyleft licenses are not “free” because they force you to license contributions under the same license.
Yeah, I know, but I would’ve expected a distro that describes itself as “GNU/Linux-libre” would fall on the other side of it!
No one thinks this. Even permissively licensed BSD operating systems package GPL software and accept it as Free Software.