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You're 100% correct. I'll add to that the fact that GPL drivers can't be used as-is in non-GPL kernels. It's a one-way street leading to Linux.
by phendrenad2 5y ago
You're 100% correct. I'll add to that the fact that GPL drivers can't be used as-is in non-GPL kernels. It's a one-way street leading to Linux.
- 1_player 5y agoThe GPL is a virus, by design. I'd go so far as to say if Linux didn't exist, the GPL wouldn't be so common, and we'd prefer less restrictive licenses such as those from the BSD world.
- selfhoster11 5y agoIf anything, the open source movement (or the free software movement, tak your pick) would be much poorer for it, and see open source relegated to a library and infrastructure layer of the IT world. As is, with GPL at least there's a chance of having a vertically FOSS stack for hardware that's within most people's reach.