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@iam13islucky gnu/Linux powers the internet though :D
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@tahnik I think I heard Stallman saying before that, in the church of Emacs, using vi isn't a sin but a penance :D
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@penguin doesn't mean I have to like the organization behind them. The gpl is can cancer
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@iam13islucky what's wrong with the gpl. Most open source software uses the gpl.
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@penguin it's not free software. Forcing open source hurts everyone, since companies either can't use code that uses it for proprietary software, or they have to hide it. If it didn't force it, they could use it and any improvements would be seen in the code for everyone, adding more manpower. Gpl may have uses for some, but fuck that shit, MIT ftw!
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@iam13islucky there's pros and cons for sure. But I think it's only fair if a company takes my code and uses it, that they give it back with their improvements. I think I depends on the situation if gpl or something like the MIT or bsd licenses should be used. They all have their use cases.
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@iam13islucky and it is free by the way ;)
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@penguin free as in free beer, but not freedom
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@iam13islucky no free as in freedom. Anyone can do anything they want with software licensed with it. Those are the requirements of a free license, regardless of contingencies.
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@dreik yeah, I've never been a fan of stallman's beliefs on the matter.
XBOX is short for XBox One X
GNU is short for GNU Not Unix
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Recursive Definitions
It’s not Linux, it’s GNU/Linux m’kay ?
In open source we believe
There is no system but GNU, and Linux is one of its kernels.
Sainthood in the Church of Emacs requires living a life of purity—but in the Church of Emacs, this does not require celibacy (a sigh of relief is heard). Being holy in our church means exorcizing whatever evil, proprietary operating systems have possessed computers that are under your control, or set up for your regular use; installing a holy (i.e., wholly) free operating system (GNU/Linux is a good choice); and using and installing only free software with and on the system. Note that tablets and mobile phones are computers and this vow includes them.
Join the Church of Emacs, and you too can be a saint!
People sometimes ask if St IGNUcius is wearing an old computer disk platter. That is no computer disk, that is my halo — but it was a disk platter in a former life. No information is available about what kind of computer it came from or what data was stored on it. However, you can rest assured that no non-free software is readable from it today.
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