BSD vs. Linux : Which one is more FOSS? (programming.dev)

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Is BSD, More "Free" than Linux?

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[-] s_s@lemmy.one 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.

[-] somegeek@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

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

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