[nmglug] freeBSD

[Brian O'Keefe]

Since GNU HERD OS development pretty much stopped (I did install it a 
few years back and it was marginally usable) then there is really no 
Stallman approved FOSS OS, is there?

On 12/31/18 3:38 PM, Anthony J. Bentley wrote:
>> On 12/31/18 2:31 PM, Jonathan Haack wrote:
>>> Also ... imho, the BSD license is not FOSS.  Its OS (open source) - and
>>> I think post-TIVOization, that open source and free software mean
>>> different things now.  Sorry if I trigger anyone ... just my opinion.
> That opinion isn't shared by the FSF, who consider permissive licenses
> to be "free" by their own definition.
>
> https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.en.html
>
> Of course, FSF does claim that "free" and "open source" are different.
> But they don't claim that permissive licenses, as a type, are not free.
>
> By your definition, Linux would not be FOSS, since the kernel is
> licensed under the GPL version 2, and subject to Tivoization. The FSF
> came up with the term "Tivoization" in response to the kernel's license.
>
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