Large corporations like the hate on the even though it has brought them big benefits. would be nowhere near what it is without the GPL. I always saw 's kernel as their effort to get out of the GPL, since it would replace the Linux kernel. There was even media hype to that effect. Now I'm happy to see that Google is no longer supporting on Fuchsia. I see this as a win for

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In my experience it's mostly GPLv3 that's a problem, GPLv2 has been OK everywhere I've worked thus far

@fvbever
What about is is particularly problematic, in your experience?
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@kiri
The Tivoization clause. There are certain classes of devices where there are legal safety requirements where there is some legal ambiguity whether allowing third party software would constitute a circumvention of the mandatory safety features.
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@fvbever @kiri while I do think there are some really specific cases where regulations do not allow third party software, that point has been massively leveraged to push against the . Those rules really are rare, and on top of that, there are many cases where manufacturers are banning third party software because it is a cheap way out, not because the regulations actually require that.

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