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Re: (Really) Free Software future
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Richard Stallman |
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Re: (Really) Free Software future |
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Thu, 17 Oct 2019 23:10:44 -0400 |
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> > Sorry Richard, but it is really a vendor lock-in. As you know there is
> > only one _upstream_ of systemd and that upstream is a company.
What vendor lock-in means is that there is only one version you can get
and you have to get it from a particular company, a vendor (meaning it has
sold you something).
It is possible to distribute modified versions of systemD. I think
some already exist. But even if they did not exist now, they could
exist.
Vendor lock-in in the true sense occurs only with nonfree software.
With a nonfree program, modified versions do not exist.
> systemd binaries are dependent on systemd and replaces programs that
> did not have such dependencies.
What does "systemD binaries" mean?
That expression would normally mean the binaries of systemD itself,
but it is clear you don't mean that.
> There is my personal protest against the systemd's LGPL license. It is
> service manager and not a special library that shall sacrifice freedom
> in special cases.
How do other programs talk with systemD? Do they link with it?
Communicate through pipes?
--
Dr Richard Stallman
Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://gnu.org, https://fsf.org)
Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org)
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