countrypunk@slrpnk.net to Linux@lemmy.ml · 17 hours agoWhat's the most obscure distro you can think ofmessage-squaremessage-square142fedilinkarrow-up189arrow-down17
arrow-up182arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the most obscure distro you can think ofcountrypunk@slrpnk.net to Linux@lemmy.ml · 17 hours agomessage-square142fedilink
minus-squareservobobo@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 hours 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-up2·edit-22 hours 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-up1·2 hours 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.