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I have found it especially worrying that IT giants increasingly encroach OSS instead of developing their own solutions. Devices remain closed while using 95% OS
by dschuetz 6y ago
I have found it especially worrying that IT giants increasingly encroach OSS instead of developing their own solutions. Devices remain closed while using 95% OSS code (yes, Android, the other 5% are hardware vendor firmware). It's not exclusively their fault, as Lunduke correctly points out. If the Linux Foundation is selling seats at the board of directors instead of granting them for outstanding support, well then Linux is the sucker here.
- dTal 6y agoI struggle to understand how a TiVo-ized device running a mixture of GPL2 and proprietary code isn't a license violation. The code is distributed to the end user as a single uninspectable blob, i.e. the firmware image. Yes, "under the hood", there are separate binaries - but this is purely an accounting fiction that holds no relevance for the user. Is any combination of GPL and non-free code allowed, so long as it emulates a Unix OS at some level?
- arexxbifs 6y agoAlways assume an organization is controlled by a cabal of its enemies. The managerial elite will cater to their own personal interests, not those of idealists who give away stuff for free.