GolfFoxtrotLima@sh.itjust.works to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 4 days agoIt's quite the burden knowing I'm always the smartest person in any given room.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square16linkfedilinkarrow-up1230arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up1218arrow-down1imageIt's quite the burden knowing I'm always the smartest person in any given room.lemmy.worldGolfFoxtrotLima@sh.itjust.works to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 4 days agomessage-square16linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarerumschlumpel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 days agoTBF the Linux kernel already doesn’t meet the criteria because of all the blobs (depending on who you ask, anyway). But yeah, shenanigans like this is why e.g. the Ubuntu font family is considered unfree despite its stated intention of being free.
minus-squareEthan@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days ago“This project contains blobs” and “this project can be linked to blobs” are not the same thing. The kernel source code is completely FOSS.
TBF the Linux kernel already doesn’t meet the criteria because of all the blobs (depending on who you ask, anyway). But yeah, shenanigans like this is why e.g. the Ubuntu font family is considered unfree despite its stated intention of being free.
“This project contains blobs” and “this project can be linked to blobs” are not the same thing. The kernel source code is completely FOSS.