FreeBSD 16 Sheds Decades of GNU Code, Marking a Licensing Milestone
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FreeBSD 16 Sheds Decades of GNU Code, Marking a Licensing Milestone
FreeBSD developers just struck the final blow against lingering GNU code in their base system. The change came quietly last week. It closes a chapter that stretches back more than three decades. As of a recent commit in the development tree, the last piece of software licensed under the GNU General Public License has vanished from FreeBSD’s core. That piece was the venerable dialog utility. Its removal means the entire GNU subtree in the source …
FreeBSD 16 Cleans House: No GPL Left in the Base System
The removal of GPL code from FreeBSD 16’s base system isn’t just housekeeping — it reflects a BSD vision of “software freedom” that differs from FSF, Gnu, and Linux. The post FreeBSD 16 Cleans House: No GPL Left in the Base System appeared first on FOSS Force.
FreeBSD 16 Retires the Last of Its GPL Code
FreeBSD 16 has removed the last GPL-licensed code from its base system, retiring the old GNU 'dialog' implementation after the installer moved to 'bsddialog' and the final dependency was disabled. Phoronix reports: This ticket to retire dialog was opened back in February while is now merged to the FreeBSD source tree for what will become FreeBSD 16.0. With dialog removed, the latest FreeBSD code now retires the GNU sub-tree of the FreeBSD base s…
With the release of FreeBSD 16 the last code licensed under the GPL disappears from the basic system of the operating system. With the now prevailing BSD license, the system is not only more consistent in terms of licensing, FreeBSD is also better suited for enterprise use than with the more stringent GPL, even if the
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