How Should the FOSS Movement Respond to Proprietary Software?
Long-time FOSS-watcher Bruce Byfield writes that while people “still dream of a completely free alternative, increasingly the emphasis in FOSS seems to be on accepting coexistence with proprietary software.” Many, too, have always preferred the permissive BSD licenses, which permits combining FOSS and proprietary software. From some perspectives, Debian’s newest [non-free firmware] repository or Nobara’s… Read More »