atmur@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month agoSeeing big companies take advantage of BSD or MIT licensed projects without sharing their contributions will always pain me.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up1680arrow-down117
arrow-up1663arrow-down1imageSeeing big companies take advantage of BSD or MIT licensed projects without sharing their contributions will always pain me.lemmy.worldatmur@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month agomessage-square61fedilink
minus-squareSuzune@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoHi. Nobody here. Do you know that if you own a PS5 or Nintendo Switch, you’re a FreeBSD user? Maybe we’ve got a different idea what it means to be a user.
minus-squarekittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoThe closest FreeBSD has to users is its proprietary derivatives, at this point FreeBSD might as well be considered proprietary.
minus-squareSuzune@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoAt the moment large companies sponsor the development, without being forced to do so. And they allow developers to spend time on the project for free. The foundation also makes sure that devs sign an agreement otherwise the code is not accepted. So where is this all proprietary?
Hi. Nobody here. Do you know that if you own a PS5 or Nintendo Switch, you’re a FreeBSD user?
Maybe we’ve got a different idea what it means to be a user.
The closest FreeBSD has to users is its proprietary derivatives, at this point FreeBSD might as well be considered proprietary.
At the moment large companies sponsor the development, without being forced to do so. And they allow developers to spend time on the project for free.
The foundation also makes sure that devs sign an agreement otherwise the code is not accepted.
So where is this all proprietary?