Microsoft's Software Is Malware - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation
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I was curious what the Linux people think about Microsoft and any bad practices that most people should know about already?

  • scratchandgame@lemmy.mlTiếng Việt
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    2 years ago

    Thanks.

    Open source software has its source code published. It doesn’t necessarily mean that you’re able to copy some or all of it, modify it, distribute it, etc.

    GPL as an example.

    Free software can be freely copied, modified, distributed, etc

    If you are citing the GNU’s website, you should remove the “modified”. I’d quote a mailing list user:

    Say if OpenSSH was licenced under (A)GPL, companies would likely not use it because they wouldn’t be able to incorporate it into their IP, they would then try to code a shoddy implementation, and have numerous security bugs which would affect the end user. In other words, you are just shooting yourself in the foot.

      • scratchandgame@lemmy.mlTiếng Việt
        1·
        2 years ago

        (A)GPL restrict the modification of the software. I’m sharing an example how that restriction works.

          • scratchandgame@lemmy.mlTiếng Việt
            2·
            2 years ago

            It requires any modifications to be under GPL.

            And it also requires anything that incorporate GPL codes also be under GPL.

            And the code must be published to the copyright holder as far as I know.

            How it harms the end user are described.