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points by tomkarho 1 day ago | 0 comments

I find it hard to believe that all of this movement is because of Stallman. That seems so... petty.

Less Stallman and more the GPL. Companies hate it.

I can see that. I've been part of a conversation where GPL is treated like the son of satan because it requires giving back and no one seems to agree on the scope or what the license actually demands. So legal goes apeshit and management shits bricks because they might have to share some code.

[–] pantalaimon 1 day ago

GPLv3 is incompatible with embedded (Ubuntu Core) use cases

[–] direwolf20 1 day ago

no it isn't. Please don't spread FUD.

[–] 7e 1 day ago

Open source predates Stallman. His mental illnesses are a distraction from it, though.