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

[-] maxamillion@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

There's a lot of nuance there. I assume you mean BSD License vs GPLv2 ... technically yes because you can literally do whatever you want with BSD License code BUT it doesn't protect freedom either so kind of no.