Is BSD, More “Free” than Linux?
First off I’d like to point out you are asking to compare a family of distributions to a kernel. Not quite a 1-to-1 comparison.
Sustinctly: BSD licenses are more permissable for developers, GPL licenses (aka Linux) are better at preseving freedoms past developers have handed down to us.
As a non-developer end user, both are about the same, although because of the nature of the GPL, you can find a wider bredth of free software for it in 2023.
undefined> First off I’d like to point out you are asking to compare a family of distributions to a kernel. Not quite a 1-to-1 comparison.
thanks for the explanation
There’s a lot of nuance there. I assume you mean BSD License vs GPLv2 … technically yes because you can literally do whatever you want with BSD License code BUT it doesn’t protect freedom either so kind of no.
“Freedom to take away others’ freedom” is not actually freedom.
With permissive licensing, freedom applies to the user as they are free do to whatever they like even if that means making the software non-free.
With copyleft, freedom applies to the software and restrictions are placed on the user so the software’s freedom is upheld.
I think you’ve succinctly described what I hate about GPL. I could never put my finger on it except that it’s a pain the butt.
