Linux-Turned-FreeBSD Distro Comes Up With A New Software License

[Muhammadreza Haghiri]

Phoronix: Linux-Turned-FreeBSD Distro Comes Up With A New Software License

While the likes of SprezzOS as the "most beautiful and performant" Linux and OSu as the ultimate operating system have disappeared at the end of the day and are no longer providing comic relief or interesting ambitious debates to Linux users, that other distribution based on Ubuntu and then turned into a FreeBSD distribution is still standing. They're out with an update today and have introduced their own open-source license...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTgxNTY

So, We never again send message to this rude website. Usage of rude terms, and hate-speech, and behaving a group like clowns. TYPICAL WESTERN BEHAVIOR.

[curaga]

Well that gorilla really should have known better than to confront that cave demon, I mean have you seen its massive claws? They could rip a tank apart.

The gorilla had recently contracted Ebola and knew his days were numbered. What better way to go out than with a bang, fighting the demon?

[Michael]

They just redid their license: https://github.com/prp-e/JPPSL/blob/master/JPPSL

And now: https://twitter.com/JabirTech/status/522657035154776065

[Isedonde]

Disclaimer: IANAL, so maybe this post is full of bullshit. :-)

Even though this pretends to be a license, I don't think it actually is one. It says: Something is published under this license (pretty meta), projects using the license can be linked with other licenses (also very meta), and it says that it's incompatible with GPL3+ (so it's missing one of the most important aspects of most open-source licenses).

It does NOT say that we can use JPPSL software (either free of charge or after paying for it), and I'm not even talking about freedoms like allowing modification, redistribution under same/similar license, etc. like you'd expect from open source licenses.

So the license is? not actually a license. It does not give you any rights at all. So if you get your hands on JPPSL software somehow, you still don't have the right to use/modify/redistribute/? it, it's 100% proprietary.

[somini]

They just redid their license: https://github.com/prp-e/JPPSL/blob/master/JPPSL

And now: https://twitter.com/JabirTech/status/522657035154776065

Hate speech? Really?

[Michael]

Hate speech? Really?

Yep, did you also see their post above?

http://www.phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?107775-Linux-Turned-FreeBSD-Distro-Comes-Up-With-A-New-Software-License&p=446877#post446877

[Sergio]

So, We never again send message to this rude website. Usage of rude terms, and hate-speech, and behaving a group like clowns. TYPICAL WESTERN BEHAVIOR.

Although criticism isn't always issued in a decent way, that nevertheless doesn't invalid the criticism itself. Could you address the various valid criticism that has been raised in this thread?
Thanks.

[somini]

Yep, did you also see their post above?

http://www.phoronix.com/forums/showt...877#post446877

How could I miss that?!

[dh04000]

They just redid their license: https://github.com/prp-e/JPPSL/blob/master/JPPSL

And now: https://twitter.com/JabirTech/status/522657035154776065

To be fair, you do love to promote drama.... which if you've ever read your own forum..... results in a lot of hate speech.

I've actually considered making a site called "NeckBeards" showing and promoting people to screencap and post the terrible comments made by other linux/bsd/nerds of the web. A good 50% of it could come from this forum alone....

You people are the "mean girls" of the linux community.

[pouar]

Taken a snapshot of this page as it was just too damn funny. Misspelling and all.

https://archive.today/Ywyid