• AA5B@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    The point is the industry is not a profit driven entity, but has room for many profit driven entities.

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      3 days ago

      That’s like saying your body is not a protein driven mechanism (cause there are many other things involved), but has room for proteins.

      If somebody tears out half of your internal organs, you die.

      If profit-driven companies stop participating in Linux, Linux dies. Today’s Linux. Linux of year 1999 wouldn’t.

      That’s how even gifts can be the needle to control you.

      I mean, why is this even a point of contention. BSDs played safe in terms of politics, Linux gambled by not considering the dangers. BSDs grew more slowly, Linux took the bank. But now Linux is confined by the decisions made back then. BSDs are more free.