ryujin470@fedia.io to Technology@beehaw.org · 2 months agoIs the Darwin kernel, used in macOS and iOS, really open source?message-squaremessage-square20linkfedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up129arrow-down1message-squareIs the Darwin kernel, used in macOS and iOS, really open source?ryujin470@fedia.io to Technology@beehaw.org · 2 months agomessage-square20linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarerumschlumpel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·2 months agoQuite a few people seem to disagree.
minus-squarehobata@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoWell, explain first what you mean by Linux.
minus-squarerumschlumpel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·2 months agoSome important drivers are not FOSS, thus making the standard Linux kernel not FOSS if you use Stallman’s definition.
minus-squarecadekat@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoAre you talking firmware blobs, or actual drivers? If it’s the latter, do you have a link? I’m curious!
minus-squareAckPhttt@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoI think your vague wording is implying that the non-standard Linux kernel is not FOSS. But, you’ve been maximally non-specific.
minus-squareThe_Decryptor@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoWho are these people who think drivers can’t be open source?
minus-squarerumschlumpel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoNo one said they can’t be. But in the real world, drivers for some classes of devices only come in closed-source. I’m using the GNU project’s/RMS’s definition of FOSS here.
minus-squareThe_Decryptor@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoAre you talking about firmware?
Quite a few people seem to disagree.
Well, explain first what you mean by Linux.
Specifically how?
Some important drivers are not FOSS, thus making the standard Linux kernel not FOSS if you use Stallman’s definition.
Are you talking firmware blobs, or actual drivers? If it’s the latter, do you have a link? I’m curious!
I think your vague wording is implying that the non-standard Linux kernel is not FOSS. But, you’ve been maximally non-specific.
Who are these people who think drivers can’t be open source?
No one said they can’t be. But in the real world, drivers for some classes of devices only come in closed-source. I’m using the GNU project’s/RMS’s definition of FOSS here.
Are you talking about firmware?