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> Part of the allure, uniqueness, and awesomeness of the *BSDs is that they _can_ be modified and forked in this way because of the license. There is no "distr
by nordsieck 8y ago
> Part of the allure, uniqueness, and awesomeness of the *BSDs is that they _can_ be modified and forked in this way because of the license.
There is no "distribution" happening; all of Netflix's use of BSD is internal. Even if they had chosen to modify Linux instead, there would be no requirement to share their changes.
- empthought 8y agoPretty sure they distribute these appliances to ISPs...
- nordsieck 8y ago> Pretty sure they distribute these appliances to ISPs... They co-locate them at ISP as a form of extremely distributed peering. Netflix, however, owns the boxes. In the context of licenses such as the GPLv2, distribution happens when software transfers from one party to another. This doesn't happen: the software always stays on Netflix owned devices.