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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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What's with the move to MIT over AGPL for utilities? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 week ago by marauding_gibberish142@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I would understand if Canonical want a new cow to milk, but why are developers even agreeing to this? Are they out of their minds?? Do they actually want companies to steal their code? Or is this some reverse-uno move I don't see yet? I cannot fathom any FOSS project not using the AGPL anymore. It's like they're painting their faces with "here, take my stuff and don't contribute anything back, that's totally fine"

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[–] marauding_gibberish142@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I don't mind if people use LGPL or some derivative of GPL. All I want is improvements to the source be published, and MIT simply doesn't enforce that. I have no intention to force companies to publish their code that they have worked on for a long time - doing that never really helps. But I do want them to publish changes they make to already FOSS products so the author and the community can benefit.

[–] Ferk@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yes, but the loophole I was mentioning allows companies to not release the code even when it's GPL, that's why I was mentioning the AGPL (which is different from the LGPL).