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by sadfsdfsadfsd 3510 days ago
Right about what? The Linux Kernel has gained tons of work back by vendors using it for products that would be replaced with functionally identical non-GPL3 components.

Torvalds' decision was extremely practical and has lead to huge gains for Linux users even if (ahem) not every company gives back.
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pjmlp 3510 days ago
Hence why Google is happily replacing every GPL component left in Android with MIT BSD ones in each Android release, GCC has already been shown the door.

In Fuchsia, they are even replacing Linux by their own micro-kernel, BSD licensed.

How much contributions has Sony given back to BSD from their PS4 BSD distribution?

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sadfsdfsadfsd 3510 days ago
They've made a handful of contributions back. Arguably, a lot of the changes they've made they couldn't share anyways (AMD licensing agreements) or were built on top of it as applications.

FWIW: I, for sure, appreciate the GPL3 and copy-left licenses.

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sedachv 3509 days ago
> Right about what?

About companies using GPLv2 software in computers and devices and you being unable to change the software the computers run. In case you did not read the linked article, it is a very long story about someone trying to use Linux on a tablet that was shipped with Linux.

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