Re: RMS: users request you perhaps program HURD: they fear the path the linux kernel is going.

[Jean Louis]

* Nala Ginrut <address@hidden> [2019-11-20 13:34]:
> > With BSD licenses you are not ensured to get the sources. Such BSD
> > software with sources is good, but if you get binaries under BSD
> > license, you have no idea what is going on, thus it is again sales of
> > poison, which Windoze systems are proving over and over again since
> > decades.
> 
> I know it is hard for certain people to understand GPL, however, I also
> failed to understand BSD. If somebody takes my code, and they can close
> it and sell it just like it is theirs, how can people accept that? Well, I
> feel there's a big gap between people's mind...

It is the attitude "do whatever you want with it".

GPL licensed software is more noble, it carries moral value and weight
with it, the attitude is something like "do whatever you want while
respecting free software".

> Microsoft takes the honor of FOSS nowadays, everyone praise them just
> like they're leading the free software movement. And they're trying to get
> rid of free software, avoid to mention GNU & FSF, and credit to open
> source concept. Hmm...not a good manner, at least.

That is my feeling too.