Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Distros specifically designed for children Date: 29 May 2025 18:35:32 GMT Lines: 24 Message-ID: References: <100lcd7$30vat$1@dont-email.me> <100le5o$318dd$1@dont-email.me> <100ljn1$30vat$2@dont-email.me> <6831b9a7$0$8595$426a74cc@news.free.fr> <6832fab9$0$11442$426a74cc@news.free.fr> <10131kd$28rgm$2@dont-email.me> <10184uj$3fruv$4@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net oetOhMX/GyIb2har4phNlQxeOUs/8vKw2x6f0VAcIfG/OxGFWN Cancel-Lock: sha1:pXl/L3tv+m5Gq6DvQEkKr4xM9co= sha256:t/ACZQ5FEdQqHic2LSnUS/84H/8/zy6X/pFbNu3fFdQ= User-Agent: Pan/0.160 (Toresk; ) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:67933 On Thu, 29 May 2025 12:29:48 -0000 (UTC), Borax Man wrote: > On 2025-05-28, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: >> On Wed, 28 May 2025 11:51:32 -0000 (UTC), Borax Man wrote: >> >>> Linus isn't political, he's just pragmantic. >> >> Not sure what “pragmantic” is supposed to mean, but choosing the GPL as >> his Free Software licence, has to be seen as a political act. >> >> After all, what purpose does the copyleft principle serve, if it is not >> political? > > In Linus's own words, regarding the GPL > >> I really think the license has been one of the defining factors in the >> success of Linux because it enforced that you have to give back, which >> meant that the fragmentation has never been something that has been >> viable from a technical standpoint. He clarifies that in one talk. If you make changes to the code, you give them back upstream. If they are beneficial, they may or may not be incorporated. That's what he was looking for. Otherwise your code is your, use it however you want. Stallman goes well beyond that.