ryujin470@fedia.io to Technology@beehaw.org · 15 小时前Is the Darwin kernel, used in macOS and iOS, really open source?message-squaremessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up127file-text
arrow-up127message-squareIs the Darwin kernel, used in macOS and iOS, really open source?ryujin470@fedia.io to Technology@beehaw.org · 15 小时前message-square18fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarerumschlumpel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-214 小时前Quite a few people seem to disagree.
minus-squarerumschlumpel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 小时前Some important drivers are not FOSS, thus making the standard Linux kernel not FOSS if you use Stallman’s definition.
minus-squarecadekat@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 小时前Are 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-up1·12 小时前Who are these people who think drivers can’t be open source?
minus-squarerumschlumpel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 小时前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.
minus-squareThe_Decryptor@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 小时前Are you talking about firmware?
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.