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Asahi Linux Drops MIT and Goes Full GPL After AI Tools Were Used to Steal Unreleased Code (itsfoss.com)
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[-] Axolotl_cpp@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 days ago

What if they just do like linux distroes did with closed source drivers for a longtime?

[-] AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

I haven't replied because I don't know the precise details of why they can't but Linux could, so was hoping someone else would answer, but it's been a whole day, so I guess we're both left not knowing.

[-] Axolotl_cpp@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 days ago

My guess is that they do not ship them inside the OS but let you install them with or after

[-] AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

I suspect it might not even be anything like that and just be that the BSD maintainers don't want to rely on any GPL code for anything, even if it's optional.

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