countrypunk@slrpnk.net to Linux@lemmy.ml · 1 month agoWhat's the most obscure distro you can think ofmessage-squaremessage-square198fedilinkarrow-up1124arrow-down19
arrow-up1115arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the most obscure distro you can think ofcountrypunk@slrpnk.net to Linux@lemmy.ml · 1 month agomessage-square198fedilink
minus-squareservobobo@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month 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 month 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 month 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.