• nbailey@lemmy.caEnglish
    51·
    2 年前

    Sadly, there’s an entire generation of libertarian anti-GPL “open source” developers that think the preservation of free software goes too far.

    • God@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      11·
      2 年前

      … What? I may be dumb. I don’t see how libertarianism is compatible with being anti FOSS.

      • lntl@lemmy.mlEnglish
        1·
        2 年前

        The idea is that for code to truly be free, you should be able to make it proprietary. If you can’t do that, then it isn’t really free. That’s how I understand the idea anyway

        • God@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          31·
          2 年前

          But that’s not being anti, just accepting the possibility of it. Like i consider myself a libertarian and if you wanna make it close source, ok, I may dislike it but I won’t regulate against it. But being anti would imply I would go out of my way to censor your ability to do close source.

          • lntl@lemmy.mlEnglish
            3·
            2 年前

            It’s a GPL license thing. If you make a derivative work of GPL code, you’re NOT free to do what you want with it. This is where the 'anti come from.

            • sydneybrokeit@beehaw.orgEnglish
              2·
              2 年前

              There are two parts to this. On one side, you have the “please follow the GPL if you’re using GPL code” – which is really just asking someone to honor a contract, more or less.

              Then you have people like RMS, who believe that there should not be such a thing as proprietary software. They don’t care if you aren’t using the GPL – no software should be proprietary, period.

              • lntl@lemmy.mlEnglish
                2·
                2 年前

                I admire that RMS has a vision for the world and fights for it. World needs more people like this.

            • God@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              31·
              2 年前

              Ah. Well I’m pro theft so just use it and close it if you want and pray for the best! Hide the evidence to not get sued.

              • lntl@lemmy.mlEnglish
                1·
                2 年前

                This happens from time to time. The offending party either removes the GPL code or they GPL the work. That’s life ;)