FreeBSD thought it had scrubbed all GPL code, but a few kernel leftovers remained.
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Elon Musk promises to open source all of X, ‘no exceptions,’ once the security team is done poking at it. The missing detail: what ‘open’ actually means in Musk‑speak.
The removal of GPL code from FreeBSD 16’s base system isn’t just housekeeping — it reflects a BSD vision of “software freedom” that differs from FSF, Gnu, and Linux.
Calling Bambu Lab a ‘strident long‑time AGPL violator,’ the nonprofit is organizing reverse‑engineering volunteers and an Orca Slicer fork in a right-to-repair move for 3D printer owners.
The PHP Group retires its quirky, and partly non‑GPL‑compatible licenses in favor of the widely used BSD 3‑Clause.
Warp opens its client code at last, though its broader AI ambitions for Oz orchestration remain firmly proprietary.
A late‑breaking minute order from Judge Sandy Leal has delayed Software Freedom Conservancy’s Vizio GPL trial, leaving only a January 26 pretrial hearing firmly set.
The court ruled, SFC fired back, and Linus couldn’t resist weighing in. Here’s what actually happened.
A California judge has tentatively sided with Software Freedom Conservancy in its GPL case over Vizio’s SmartCast TVs, but the final outcome of this week’s hearing is still pending.
Weighing the tradeoffs between open source and freemium software reveals why free-as-in-freedom tools are almost always the better option.