Comments by "Anony Mousse" (@anon_y_mousse) on "Richard Stallman Is Right To Be Angry About \"Linux\"" video.

  1. GNU has held open source back, especially with its viral GPL. The reason that people ignore the GNU is not just because it's less important than the kernel, but also because it's an infection that we need to rid ourselves of to advance the state of OSS. For those that decry the "lack of freedom" that other licenses grant the users of a piece of software, they need to realize that in nature if you don't work you don't eat. If the only reason you like the GPL is because you get the source code for free, then you're not working and you shouldn't eat. If a company produces a software product and doesn't provide the source code, then simply don't buy it, but no one is entitled to anything for free and just because source is available doesn't mean you should be able to just have it willy nilly and do with it as you please. Yeah, our copyright system is fucked, and to a lesser extent our patent system, after all a patent does still expire after 17 years, but that doesn't validate anyone's reason for piracy. There is no piece of software that on its own will save your life. Not that anyone will read this, but I do call Android a Linux distro and anyone that disagrees can get fucked. The only reason I often refer to it as Android being the sole moniker is because the additions they've made are what make it the unique system it is, whereas GNU's "contributions" can be replaced with no loss in function, as Android, Alpine and various other distros prove. So no, Stallman does not have a point. And to further drive home my point, Graphene and the various other Linux distros based off of Android remove a lot of the problems with Android and make it a much better system.
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