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Doesn't OSX ship with more GPL code than BSD? It has a BSD kernel at it's core but it also has GNU tools and safari (forked from KHTML).
by flukus 9y ago
Doesn't OSX ship with more GPL code than BSD? It has a BSD kernel at it's core but it also has GNU tools and safari (forked from KHTML).
- amelius 9y agoYeah, but Apple doesn't mind sharing the source for those, if they make modifications. These licenses prevent Graal VM from being used inside e.g. OSes and browsers with a more liberal license.
- pjmlp 9y agoAnd how many of those changes have actually benefited FreeBSD?
- amelius 9y agoNone, but that is not the point. The point is: can we use the code without hindrance in whatever plans we have now or in the future? Or is building upon the code like going into a long one-way street? The fact that some people will use the code without giving back is secondary to that. That is not just my opinion, because if a more liberal library comes into existence (inevitable), it will prevail.
- pjmlp 9y agoI agree that GPL is bound to long term irrelevance due to the way most companies deal with open source. And on that day you will miss when GNU/Linux mattered. But hey, we will always have freeware and public domain.