Oh fuck's sake Linus
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Hundreds of millions of devices that run free software purely because of lawsuits. An entire developer culture that exists as a result.
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A generation of hackers that discover Linux because they can run Cyanogenmod on their phones because of GPL enforcement
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Gaping security flaws discovered only because vendors released source code under duress. Security features ported to abandoned devices.
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And he has the fucking gall to say that enforcement actions have achieved nothing other than to alienate people?
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Sure, if creating new cottage industries, if enabling innovation in markets he never conceived of, if encouraging new developers is nothing.
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People have devoted their lives to getting source out of vendors. They deserve better than contempt. (Context: https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/ksummit-discuss/2016-August/003580.html …)
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Could it be that the Linux Foundation, a 501(c)(6) trade association has gone from ignoring enforcement to actively discouraging it?
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