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Post #508833

2026-03-03 23:58 UTC

Please tell me how BSD license can be good solution for operating system. The code is still open, and the repos will still exist if a fork is created. Sony forks FreeBSD for PS6, and nothing happens to FreeBSD. It still exists, and it still works. The added bonus is not having to deal with Sony, or other people, trying to upstream stuff that doesn’t make sense outside of the PS environment and would have questionable value to others. There are lots of ways companies get around the GPL, and most are GPL sanctioned. Starting a company, use the GPL. Starting a project for fun, use whatever because the companies are going to steal it anyway if it’s good.

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  • @tomalley8342@lemmy.world 2026-03-04 22:17

    The added bonus is not having to deal with Sony, or other people, trying to upstream stuff that doesn’t make sense outside of the PS environment and would have questionable value to others. GPL doesn’t force people to merge back to upstream, and BSD doesn’t have any special way to stop people from trying to upstream

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