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Glibc Is Finally Free Software

Posted by timothy on from the after-the-fact dept.

WebMink writes "Despite the fervour of some, the dark secret of every GNU/Linux distribution is that, until August 18 this year, it depended on software that was under a non-Free license — incompatible with the Open Source Definition and non-Free according to Debian and the FSF. A long tale of tenacity and software archeology has finally led to that software appearing under the 3-clause BSD license — ironically, at the behest of an Oracle VP. The result is that glibc, portmap and NFS are no longer tainted."

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  1. They released it under the BSD license? by HornWumpus · · Score: -1, Troll

    The GPL just isn't free enough for me.

    It just sucks up BSD code and never gives anything back.

    --
    John McAfee 'It was like that time I hired that Bangkok prostitute; to do my taxes, while I fucked my accountant'
    1. Re:They released it under the BSD license? by Bobakitoo · · Score: 0, Troll

      Lol. The twit who moded that "insightful" need to lookup irony.

    2. Re:They released it under the BSD license? by blair1q · · Score: -1, Troll

      it's called "putting it in the public domain"

    3. Re:They released it under the BSD license? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

      I'm sorry, but the BSD license isn't free enough for me. The BSD license does nothing to let me write code that, for example, hacks into people's bank accounts and transfers all their money to mine. A truly FREE license would make that legal.

    4. Re:They released it under the BSD license? by paxcoder · · Score: -1, Troll

      Here's your argumentation in one old XKCD-style doodle of mine: http://arka.foi.hr/~lmarcetic/pic/strip/001_bsdvsgpl.png

      BSD works in a world without copyright. There is no such world. Therefore, BSD does not work.

  2. Re:that's great now fix NFS by larry+bagina · · Score: -1, Troll

    s/toilet/your mom's mouth/

    --
    Do you even lift?

    These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.

  3. Shut The Fuck Up by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    You fucking piece of garbage.

    No wonder the computing world despises GNU and GNUfreaks like you.

    Fucking viral piece of shit license.