On 07/10/2017 03:23 PM, KatolaZ wrote: > On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 01:53:09PM -0500, Nate Bargmann wrote: >> * On 2017 10 Jul 12:45 -0500, mdn wrote: >>> Le 10/07/2017 19:29, zap a écrit : >>>> I hope linus does something about it. I Really wish stallman would take >>>> this seriously as a security risk. >>> I too but RMS just care about licensing and a bit community relations >>> atm (from what I can observe). >> Unfortunately, that seems to be the case. Just because the code is GPL, >> it seems fine by him. > Sorry, but I really don't see what RMS should do here. He has focussed > his entire life on the fundamental problem of making sure that > software remains free, as in speech, and he has always (and > rightfully, IMHO) avoided to intervene in any technical battle we have > seen in the free-software world in the last 30 years, with the only > hilarious exception of the vi-vs-emacs farse, epitomised in the > fictious character of St. IGNUcious.... > > From a technical point of view, systemd is free software, and trying > to deny it is just stupid: you can fork the code from github, and have > a go at it, modify it as you like, and redistribute it under the terms > of the GNU LGPL 2.1 (yes, it's LGPL, not GPL). And concerning the > legendary "forced adoption", the distros out there have *chosen* > systemd, on the basis of a set of risible "technical aspects", but > still, they have *chosen* it. > > So please, let's stop making fouls of ourselves. The problem is not > systemd being or not being free software, rather its creators and > sponsors being or not being well-intentioned towards the free software > community. And this is not a problem of RMS, or Linus, or anybody else > in particular, rather a problem of the community *as a whole*. > > Instead of asking what RMS can do against systemd, I would rather ask > myself what I can do to avoid the systemd avalanche. Hoping that > Superman will zoom over New York and save the world will not help > saving the world.
That is a good point, it is like asking superman to save the world... it just won't happen. The community needs to reject it with every bit of strength it has. > HND > > KatolaZ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Dng mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
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