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There was some crossover between open source *BSD and a closed source OS called BSDi. So this fear was not totally unjustified. Also people were still burned f

by flomo 5y ago

There was some crossover between open source *BSD and a closed source OS called BSDi. So this fear was not totally unjustified. Also people were still burned from the "Unix Wars", where closed-source BSD variants played a major role. So there was the feeling that GPL would discourage incompatible forks.

pjmlp 5y ago
As if modern Linux distributions are super compatible among themselves.
- yjftsjthsd-h 5y ago
  Aren't they? Not binary compatible, but you should be able to compile more or less the same software on any GNU/Linux unless you're missing dependencies.
  - pjmlp 5y ago
    Packaging, file locations, init systems, desktop stack in use, ...