[HN Gopher] FreeBSD, Linux, and I (2023)
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       FreeBSD, Linux, and I (2023)
        
       Author : fearedbliss
       Score  : 13 points
       Date   : 2022-12-13 19:25 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | class4behavior wrote:
       | >There was a time when I was younger when I really liked the GPL
       | (v2), but as I got older I realized that even though I am a
       | strong supporter of Open Source (...), and I strive to use only
       | Open Source components, I've always been perfectly fine with some
       | applications that are proprietary.
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       | Whenever I hear someone start to reason with "as I got older", I
       | interpret it as: I've gone back to the fridge more than a dozen
       | times by now so I've lowered my standards far enough to not care
       | anymore.
        
         | blablabla123 wrote:
         | Generally I agree although in case of the GPL there's a lot to
         | criticize especially about the whole GNU project in my opinion.
         | It's hard to identify with it these days and at the same time
         | seeing how so many projects with less restrictive licenses
         | flourish. Also working at a day job with GPL isn't exactly
         | inspiring
        
       | gjvc wrote:
       | warning: link referencing James Gosling is to a Lex Fridman
       | podcast
        
       | LastTrain wrote:
       | "I dislike the GPL, and the stigmatization of proprietary
       | software for any reason, and the notion that it's inherently evil
       | and unethical."
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       | Wow that is a wildly extreme characterization of GPL and people
       | who support it. GPL uses laws to restrict how one's work product
       | is distributed and used, just like proprietary software does.
       | WTF?
        
       | nix23 wrote:
       | True words...i had the same way behind me, but from arch to
       | freebsd ~10 years ago ;)
       | 
       | But really this Post speaks greatly out of my heart.
        
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