Glibc Is Finally Free Software

WebMink writes "Despite the fervour of some, the dark secret of every GNU/Linux distribution is that, until August 18 this year, it depended on software that was under a non-Free license — incompatible with the Open Source Definition and non-Free according to Debian and the FSF. A long tale of tenacity and software archeology has finally led to that software appearing under the 3-clause BSD license — ironically, at the behest of an Oracle VP. The result is that glibc, portmap and NFS are no longer tainted."

Re:They released it under the BSD license?

[Anonymous Coward]

I've got an idea! What we really need is some kind of license that's like BSD, but requires people distributing derived works to do so under the same license. I can't believe nobody's thought of this yet!

Wait what...Oracle isn't being evil...?

[FunPika]

Seriously, based on the article Oracle probably could have chosen to go all copyright infringement lawsuit-happy on every Linux vendor known to man. But instead they relicensed the old code under a free license...*checks the temperature in Hell*

Re:that's great now fix NFS

[Anonymous Coward]

I can't fucking upload shit to my NAS without my desktop freezing

A computer is not a toilet.
Try uploading files instead.

Year of the Linux desktop!

[Manip]

Now that Glibc is free we can finally have the year of the Linux desktop we've been waiting for since 2001. I know tons of my friends who would always say "I wanted to use Linux but Glibc isn't free!"

Now with that glaring hole in Linux's offering solved we can move on continuing to ignore the terrible User Experience.

Baldrick, do you know what irony is?

[Anonymous Coward]

Yeah, it's like goldy or bronzey, only it's made of iron.

Re:Year of the Linux desktop!

[Anonymous Coward]

Most users don't care what os it is, they just want a nice big icon on the desktop that looks like a fox with arsonist tendencies.

Yours, Microsoft Evangelist

Re:Shut The Fuck Up

[C_L_Lk]

Is that you Steve Ballmer?

Re:They released it under the BSD license?

[Anonymous Coward]

Yes, I mean something along the lines of copyfraud. More notably, how can I defend a work against copyfraud, what sort of evidence do I need?

Does it ever occur to you fucks to contact an attorney when you have a legal question?

Re:They released it under the BSD license?

[Local ID10T]

Just like you're never really free, unless you have the freedom to lock people up.

You are thinking of the BDSM license...

Re:Shut The Fuck Up

[Anonymous Coward]

Heil Hitler! Oh wait, I got my nationality mixed up. For Mother Russia! Communist Comrades prefer Creative Commons!

Re:that's great now fix NFS

[jobst]

shit hits the (cpu) fan ;-)

I think I see your problem...

[rsilvergun]

and I get regular notices that "composting was too slow and has been disabled".

You need to upgrade you're chipper-shreder to a quad core.