Anno domini 2020 Thu, 23 Jan 17:41:22 +0100 al3xu5 / dotcommon scripsit: > Hi > > I would like to point out an announcement from the Hyperbola website, which I > think may be interesting to report here mainly for the reasons they highlight > about future choices (see in particular the part 'Reasons for this ...' at the > end of the text ... ). > > Regards
Not the first on the run: distrowatch has just switched to FreeBSD: http://distrowatch.org/weekly.php?issue=current#sitenews Nik > > > https://www.hyperbola.info/news/announcing-hyperbolabsd-roadmap/ > > Due to the Linux kernel rapidly proceeding down an unstable path, we are > planning on implementing a completely new OS derived from several BSD > implementations . > > This was not an easy decision to make, but we wish to use our time and > resources to create a viable alternative to the current operating system > trends which are actively seeking to undermine user choice and freedom . > > This will not be a “distro” , but a hard fork of the OpenBSD kernel and > userspace including new code written under GPLv3 and LGPLv3 to replace > GPL-incompatible [0] parts and non-free ones [1]. > > Reasons for this include: > > - Linux kernel forcing adaption of DRM, including HDCP [2]. > > - Linux kernel proposed usage of Rust [3] (which contains freedom flaws > [4] and a centralized code repository that is more prone to cyber attack and > generally requires internet access to use.) > > - Linux kernel being written without security and in mind. (KSPP is basically > a > dead project and Grsec is no longer free software) > > - Many GNU userspace and core utils are all forcing adaption of features > without build time options to disable them. E.g. (PulseAudio [5] / SystemD / > Rust [6] / Java [7] as forced dependencies) > > [0] https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#GPLIncompatibleLicenses > [1] https://notabug.org/jadedctrl/libertybsd-scripts-mirror/issues/5 > [2] https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10084131/ > [3] https://lwn.net/Articles/797828/ > [4] https://wiki.hyperbola.info/doku.php?id=en:main:rusts_freedom_flaws > [5] https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=659338 > [6] > https://www.infoworld.com/article/3165424/mozilla-binds-firefoxs-fate-to-the-rust-language.html > [7] https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=57217 > > > -- Please do not email me anything that you are not comfortable also sharing with the NSA, CIA ... _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
