On 7/10/17 3:23 PM, KatolaZ wrote:
On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 01:53:09PM -0500, Nate Bargmann wrote:
* On 2017 10 Jul 12:45 -0500, mdn wrote:
Le 10/07/2017 19:29, zap a écrit :
I hope linus does something about it. I Really wish stallman would take
this seriously as a security risk.
I too but RMS just care about licensing and a bit community relations
atm (from what I can observe).
Unfortunately, that seems to be the case. Just because the code is GPL,
it seems fine by him.
Sorry, but I really don't see what RMS should do here. He has focussed
his entire life on the fundamental problem of making sure that
software remains free, as in speech, and he has always (and
rightfully, IMHO) avoided to intervene in any technical battle we have
seen in the free-software world in the last 30 years, with the only
hilarious exception of the vi-vs-emacs farse, epitomised in the
fictious character of St. IGNUcious....
From a technical point of view, systemd is free software, and trying
to deny it is just stupid:
But keep in mind that RMS is also interested in the impact of licensing,
and is a firm proponent of the "Unix way."
Systemd may be free, but it's approach to agglomerating function after
function, and becoming a requirement for more and more other software -
is an affront to software freedom. That MIGHT be, or become, of
interest & concern to him. It really is time to start raising the issue
through the FSF - on the libreplanet-discuss email list, at the annual
conference, etc.
It might also be of interest to Eric Raymond (Cathedral & The Bazaar).
It might be time to make systemd-free a "campaign" (in the same sense as
"anybrowser").
Miles Fidelman
--
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.
In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra
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