Bret Bernhoft@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 2 days agoI say this with love for the global Linux community, but we need to be able to laugh at ourselves from time to time.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square196fedilinkarrow-up1886arrow-down131
arrow-up1855arrow-down1imageI say this with love for the global Linux community, but we need to be able to laugh at ourselves from time to time.lemmy.worldBret Bernhoft@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square196fedilink
minus-squaredeathbird@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·19 hours agoI hate the culture war stuff. I also hate that the Rust core utils rewrite was done under an MIT license instead of GPL. A gain of memory safety with a poison pill of permissive licensing is no gain at all.
minus-squarejenesaisquoi@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours agoHow is MIT poisonous? It’s still FOSS
minus-squaremenas@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours agoUntil it isn’t. MIT is permissive and allow to use code for commercial or military use. GPL work have to stay GPL That free work for corpo
I hate the culture war stuff. I also hate that the Rust core utils rewrite was done under an MIT license instead of GPL.
A gain of memory safety with a poison pill of permissive licensing is no gain at all.
How is MIT poisonous? It’s still FOSS
Until it isn’t. MIT is permissive and allow to use code for commercial or military use. GPL work have to stay GPL
That free work for corpo