ryujin470@fedia.io to Technology@beehaw.org · 12 hours agoIs the Darwin kernel, used in macOS and iOS, really open source?message-squaremessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up126arrow-down11file-text
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minus-squarerumschlumpel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·edit-211 hours agoQuite a few people seem to disagree.
minus-squarerumschlumpel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·7 hours agoSome important drivers are not FOSS, thus making the standard Linux kernel not FOSS if you use Stallman’s definition.
minus-squarecadekat@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 hours agoAre you talking firmware blobs, or actual drivers? If it’s the latter, do you have a link? I’m curious!
minus-squareThe_Decryptor@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 hours agoWho are these people who think drivers can’t be open source?
minus-squarerumschlumpel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·7 hours agoNo one said they can’t be. But in the real world, drivers for some classes of devices only come in closed-source. I’m using the GNU project’s/RMS’s definition of FOSS here.
minus-squareThe_Decryptor@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours agoAre you talking about firmware?
minus-squarehobata@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 hours agoWell, explain first what you mean by Linux.
Quite a few people seem to disagree.
Specifically how?
Some important drivers are not FOSS, thus making the standard Linux kernel not FOSS if you use Stallman’s definition.
Are you talking firmware blobs, or actual drivers? If it’s the latter, do you have a link? I’m curious!
Who are these people who think drivers can’t be open source?
No one said they can’t be. But in the real world, drivers for some classes of devices only come in closed-source. I’m using the GNU project’s/RMS’s definition of FOSS here.
Are you talking about firmware?
Well, explain first what you mean by Linux.