What are Your Takes On "GNU Purism"

[piorunz]

might be typing from a word processor. that "automagically" capitalizes each "significant" word...

that was supposed to be "programatically" above. but i've seen a few other people in forums. posting like that. but weren't programmers. it included the support forum. of an mmorpg i played for about two years.

Nah, dude just wanted to type like cool trendy teenager (clown face)
You aren't particularly better - exact opposite of the OP, with zero capital letters in your post. (one more clown face emoji)

 

[amalxloop]

Anyone interested should try "virtual Richard M. Stallman" package.

DESCRIPTION
       This  program began as an attempt to create a "virtual Richard M. Stall‐
       man" for Debian GNU/Linux.  Thus the choice of name.

       This program analyzes the currently-installed package list on  a  Debian
       GNU/Linux system, and reports the non-free and contrib packages that are
       currently  installed  to stdout.  In some cases, such as regarding docu‐
       mentation licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License with invari‐
       ant sections, the opinions  of  Richard  M.   Stallman  and  the  Debian
       project  have  diverged  since  this program was originally written.  In
       such cases, this program follows the definition of freedom  embodied  in
       the Debian Free Software Guidelines.

       The  packages in the non-free tree have restrictions on their use and/or
       distribution which cause them to fail to meet the terms  of  the  Debian
       Free Software Guidelines included as part of the Debian Social Contract.
       However,  some are sufficiently useful that their presence is often tol‐
       erated by Debian users despite their licensing.

       The packages in the contrib tree are themselves free software  but  have
       some dependency on non-free software for their use that make them worthy
       of reporting so that their use can also be consciously considered.

       Richard  is  the  most vocal among us on the issue of software morality,
       and we agree with Richard that Debian users should have an easy  way  to
       know  when  they  are  running non-free software on their systems.  This
       program is our attempt to fill that need.

$ vrms
               Non-free packages installed on ryzen

amd64-microcode                     Platform firmware and microcode for AMD CPUs and SoCs
firmware-amd-graphics               Binary firmware for AMD/ATI graphics and NPU chips

                Contrib packages installed on ryzen

lutris                              video game preservation platform
steam-installer                     Valve's Steam digital software delivery system
torbrowser-launcher                 helps download and run the Tor Browser Bundle
winetricks                          simple tool to work around common problems in Wine

  2 non-free packages, 0.1% of 2143 installed packages.
  4 contrib packages, 0.2% of 2143 installed packages.

I am On CachyOs So... Unless Its Ported To CachyOs I am Fine (For Now)

 

[amalxloop]

Nah, dude just wanted to type like cool trendy teenager (clown face)
You aren't particularly better - exact opposite of the OP, with zero capital letters in your post. (one more clown face emoji)

Tbh, I am Way Past "Pretending To Be Cool" I Have Been Typing Like This For a While, So Camel Case Has Been Like a Norm To Me.

 

[amalxloop]

Tbh, I am Way Past "Pretending To Be Cool" I Have Been Typing Like This For a While, So Camel Case Has Been Like a Norm To Me.

And Moreover, I am a Proggramer So :>

 

[osprey]

Tbh, I am Way Past "Pretending To Be Cool" I Have Been Typing Like This For a While, So Camel Case Has Been Like a Norm To Me.

TrueCamelCaseLooksLikeThis. ItSavesSpaceWhilstStillEnablingADegreeOfReadability. It'sVeryUsefulForFilenamesInLinuxToExcludeSpacesButThereAreNumerousOtherPlacesIt'sUsefulFor.

 

[Rocketing-warp9]

Hmm!SeemsInteresting!
ILikeIt!

 

[Thunderpants]

The only non-free software I've purchased and installed on Debian 13 is MakeMKV for ripping disks (mainly second user) rather than rent from streaming services. Everything else appears to be open source.

 

[amalxloop]

The only non-free software I've purchased and installed on Debian 13 is MakeMKV for ripping disks (mainly second user) rather than rent from streaming services. Everything else appears to be open source.

For Me, Its My Newspaper Subscription (epaper).

 

[dos2unix]

I for one am 100% against Gnu GPL+3 GPL4 licensing.
We use MIT/Apache/BSD licensing whenever possible.

 

[CaffeineAddict]

I for one am 100% against Gnu GPL+3 GPL4 licensing.
We use MIT/Apache/BSD licensing whenever possible.

MIT is my favorite too but it depends, sometimes you want your software to be explicitly open at all times.

You know anyone can take your MIT code and use it commercially without having to state changes and deliver source code to end user.
They can use it in their closed source project and make profit on you without you knowing anything about it.

On another side GPL sucks because it's incompatible with MIT, so any awesome GPL stuff out there is useless for your awesome MIT code.

But I've seen various workarounds around this where people mix MIT and GPL anyway but with explicit statements as to what license applies to what.
I'm not sure how legal that is, but it doesn't sound like it is.

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And regarding thread title to stay on topic, problem with GPL3 is that GPL2 code like Linux can't make use of changes that are GPL3 licensed.
That's something Linus complains about and he's totally right.

 

[piorunz]

I for one am 100% against Gnu GPL+3 GPL4 licensing.
We use MIT/Apache/BSD licensing whenever possible.

Good luck getting all your work stolen then. (clown face)

That's what happens with MIT-licensed code: anyone can take it and close it off. That's what Apple and Sony did with BSD. It can't happen with Linux, because the GPL won't allow it.

The results over the years speak for themselves. Linux experienced meteoric growth because corporations had no choice but to publish their code and contribute back. FreeBSD, on the other hand, still struggles to this day, while corporations leech off it endlessly.

 

[Trml]

And regarding thread title to stay on topic, problem with GPL3 is that GPL2 code like Linux can't make use of changes that are GPL3 licensed.
That's something Linus complains about and he's totally right.

It's a long history, still:

Linus Torvalds, who chose not to adopt the GPLv3 for the Linux kernel,[40] reiterated his criticism several years later.[41][42]