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Linux (sorry, GNU/Linux) is ample evidence to the contrary.
by fdej 12y ago
Linux (sorry, GNU/Linux) is ample evidence to the contrary.
- superuser2 12y agoNo it's not. Linux is useful and used all of the time in proprietary systems because there are lots of useful classes of things you can do with linux that aren't derivative works. There are no useful things you can do with a library besides link it.
- pessimizer 12y agoOther than use it in Linux and GPLed software, software which offers lots of useful classes of things that you can do with them that aren't derivative works.
- outside1234 12y agoHe was talking about libraries, not platforms. Sorry I should have made that clear.