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Is BSD, More "Free" than Linux?

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[-] aport@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

With permissive licensing, freedom applies to the user as they are free do to whatever they like even if that means making the software non-free.

With copyleft, freedom applies to the software and restrictions are placed on the user so the software's freedom is upheld.

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