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illy [Shrimple-mode] protomoji_orange_flag_lesbian @illyBytes@shrimp.imsofucking.gay
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why couldn't fennel just fucking vendor readline 😭
is it cus license bs?
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ity [unit X-69] - VIOLENT FUCK @ity@estradiol.city
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@illyBytes readline is GPL, anything non GPL cannot vendor a GPL library
There was even a dispute of Python technically breaking the readline license
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illy [Shrimple-mode] protomoji_orange_flag_lesbian @illyBytes@shrimp.imsofucking.gay
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@ity bruh
and in all many years of readline existing there hasnt been a readline clone? 😭
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ity [unit X-69] - VIOLENT FUCK @ity@estradiol.city
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@illyBytes there are a few
Most handroll their own neobot_boop_woozy
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ity [unit X-69] - VIOLENT FUCK @ity@estradiol.city
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@illyBytes oh and you can make an ABI compatible but non GPL licensed version of readline, yet the GPL still claims, unless you vendor it, it falls under the GPL, "because what if the user uses the GPL one"? Nooooo we def aren't doing an Oracle here, nooooo
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ity [unit X-69] - VIOLENT FUCK @ity@estradiol.city
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@illyBytes note this is in an FSF FAQ section and not a direct consequence of the license text because of course, in FSF/GNU, we believe
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illy [Shrimple-mode] protomoji_orange_flag_lesbian @illyBytes@shrimp.imsofucking.gay
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@ity oh that means its ignorable lmao
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ity [unit X-69] - VIOLENT FUCK @ity@estradiol.city
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@illyBytes most of the GPL is tbh
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ity [unit X-69] - VIOLENT FUCK @ity@estradiol.city
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@illyBytes oh also, someone threatened to sue OpenBSD for taking chunks of a Linux driver as the skeleton of an OpenBSD driver, that was a fun drama to read
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♣️cl kayla BPDtransage @kayla@revpara.onl
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@ity @illyBytes mmmh yes let's threaten other free software projects with legal action, that'll advance the free software movement for sure
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ity [unit X-69] - VIOLENT FUCK @ity@estradiol.city
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@kayla @illyBytes that was the msg (but written snarkier) that the OpenBSD dev removed the driver with
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ZEST?? AGAIN??? @zest@revpara.onl
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@kayla @ity @illyBytes
the fact we even need lawyers to write out documents allowing us to share things for free is kinda proof of how fucked and bullshit legal systems are imo.
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