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Blame the GPL for this. The GPL is directly responsible for the livelihood of many/all BSD developers, and i could not be happier about that. Linux is overrat
by naikrovek 4y ago
Blame the GPL for this. The GPL is directly responsible for the livelihood of many/all BSD developers, and i could not be happier about that. Linux is overrated in a lot of ways.
- robocat 4y agoHowever the GPL is irrelevant in this case because the NetFlix Open Connect appliance is not sold to ISPs. The GPL is only relevant if you are distributing GPL software e.g. Sony PlayStation.
- naikrovek 4y agoNot directly relevant perhaps. I would not go as far as to say it is necessarily completely irrelevant; there are many ways usage of FreeBSD in one portion of a company, or by employees hired from another company, can affect decisions made by the company. Who knows what plans Netflix had in mind when this decision was made? Maybe they simply commit to FreeBSD because they do not want to release their code under the GPL. I certainly never do, and I will never ever make any improvements to any GPL code I use. I think it is an awful license. Maybe Netflix does, too? That would be directly relevant to the license of the OS even if they never release their customized OS, if they have a customized version at all.