Linux kernel is like 28mil lines of mostly driver and arch code. It’s open enough that you can basically use the code as it is to do what you please… There are limitations of course but the code is out there.

As it is the foundation and kernel ecosystem is seemingly pretty corporate friendly as it prob needs to be.

Are you worried that Linux might be attempted to be recooperated by capitalists somehow? It is a very valuable asset. I’m not sure how they could do it. Maybe they will try and make it more like corporate OSs… Or they will use their legal and sanctioning powers to prevent some people from using it how they would like.

  • Leslie(she/her)
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    22 years ago

    They have already seized control of it. They can add as many binary blobs as they like to protect their trade secrets without facing any repercussions and still benefit from the volunteers’ unpaid labour.

    • @holdengreen@lemmygrad.mlOP
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      22 years ago

      Interesting because companies can seemingly get away with anything… But the same rights would not be afforded to us if let’s say we forked or tried to use copy far left licenses on our projects attempting to protect our labour from their exploitation.