• Dehydrated@lemmy.world
    18·
    10 months ago

    To quote Software Freedom Conservancy:

    For approximately twenty years, Red Hat (now a fully owned subsidiary of IBM) has experimented with building a business model for operating system deployment and distribution that looks, feels, and acts like a proprietary one, but nonetheless complies with the GPL and other standard copyleft terms.

    • LeFantome@programming.dev
      7·
      10 months ago

      To quote both of you “nevertheless complies with the GPL and other standard copyleft terms”.

      Were you trying to prove his point?

      • med@sh.itjust.works
        5·
        10 months ago

        As shocking as this might be, I think he’s agreeing, and offering supplimentary proof

      • Dehydrated@lemmy.world
        2·
        10 months ago

        Obviously they comply with the GPL, otherwise they would get sued. But Red Hat acts exactly like a proprietary software company. That’s what the quote is trying to say.