DAY OF THE SEAL SOON

DAY OF THE SEAL SOON
DAY OF THE SEAL SOON
DAY OF THE SEAL SOON
repent wiggers. RMS was just the beginning

I’d just like to interject for a moment. What you’re refering to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.

Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called Linux, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.

There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine’s resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called Linux distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux!

Monopolistic corporations fund GPL projects in part to prevent the potential competitors from gaining any market share and gather resources to defeat their monopoly. Compared to BSD and/or Public Domain, there is no incentive and resources to develop GPL software into something competing with the monopolies. The only thing Microsoft is really afraid of is non-copyleft licenses. Remember: Apple OSX and iOS were built on top of FreeBSD. Without it, there would be no Apple today, only Microsoft. That is also why monopolists keep open source developers on a short leash - it would be far worse, if they break free, creating competition, forcing to buy them at a much higher price.

FSF killed countless smaller companies, like BeOS, Symbolics, Sun and Silicon Graphics with its workstations. Partially by alienating the community towards the proprietary Unix and Lisp systems. And these were real competitors for Microsoft, developing innovative solutions. I.e. BeOS was written completely in C++.

If you want real freedom, then the only way is boycotting FSF, Stallman and the rest of the copyleft slave drivers.

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