Free Software Is a Failure(paritybit.ca)
7 points by gum_wobble | 6 comments
Blog essay by Jake Bauer arguing that the copyleft Free Software movement and the GPL fail at their stated goals and harm the broader FOSS ecosystem.
#gpl on Hacker News
17 stories tagged gpl, newest first.
Corporate Linux(lpar.ath0.com)
18 points by speckx | 6 comments
Blog post criticizing the Linux kernel's relaxed rules on disclosing LLM-assisted patches, arguing it undermines GPL enforcement and the free software community.
FlowCE: Calculus on your TI-84 Plus CE(tommyb3ll.github.io)
41 points by jgx0 | 20 comments
Project page for FlowCE, a free GPL-licensed calculus app for the TI-84 Plus CE that displays exact symbolic answers alongside decimals.
Relicensing with AI-Assisted Rewrite(tuananh.net)
361 points by tuananh | 355 comments
A blog post by Tuan-Anh Tran on using AI-assisted rewrites of code to relicense software away from GPL-family licenses.
My insulin pump controller uses the Linux kernel. It also violates the GPL(old.reddit.com)
431 points by davisr | 190 comments
A Reddit r/linux post claiming an insulin pump controller runs the Linux kernel while violating the GPL; the page loaded as a Reddit network-policy block.
FreeDroidWarn(github.com)
369 points by josephcsible | 265 comments
GitHub repository for FreeDroidWarn, a GPL-3.0 Android library with translations, apparently for warning users in free Android apps.
I wrote to the address in the GPLv2 license notice (2022)(code.mendhak.com)
762 points by ekiauhce | 546 comments
Blog post describing how the author mailed a letter to the address in the GPLv2 license notice and received a printed copy of the GPLv3 license in return.
Rsync replaced with openrsync on macOS Sequoia(derflounder.wordpress.com)
548 points by zdw | 430 comments
Blog post explaining that Apple replaced its old GPLv2 rsync 2.6.9 with openrsync in macOS Sequoia, due to GPLv3 licensing of newer rsync versions.
Mixxx: GPL DJ Software(mixxx.org)
597 points by brudgers | 124 comments
Homepage of Mixxx, a free and open source DJ software for Windows, macOS, and Linux.
uBlock Origin GPL code being stolen by team behind honey browser extension(old.reddit.com)
911 points by extesy | 385 comments
Reddit thread in r/uBlockOrigin alleging the team behind the Honey browser extension copied uBlock Origin's GPL-licensed quick filter list; page was blocked.
Bitwarden SDK relicensed from proprietary to GPLv3(github.com)
927 points by ferbivore | 349 comments
A GitHub commit in Bitwarden's sdk-internal repository titled "Improve licensing language" changing most crates to be licensed under GPL or the Bitwarden SDK License.
French court issues damages award for violation of GPL(heathermeeker.com)
844 points by bookstore-romeo | 369 comments
Blog post on Heather Meeker's Copyleft Currents about a French court awarding damages for a violation of the GPL open source license.
OpenTTD(openttd.org)
392 points by simonebrunozzi | 84 comments
The About page of OpenTTD, an open source GPL-licensed simulation game based on Transport Tycoon Deluxe, listing its features and enhancements.
Making life (even) harder for proprietary modules(lwn.net)
348 points by segfaultbuserr | 315 comments
Article on Linux 6.6 module infrastructure changes that block proprietary drivers like NVIDIA's from using GPL-only kernel symbols.
Source code for Quake 2 rerelease(github.com)
517 points by steveklabnik | 203 comments
GitHub repository from id Software containing the game DLL source code for the Quake 2 rerelease, licensed under GPL-2.0.
GitHub Copilot emits GPL code(codeium.com)
465 points by fortenforge | 300 comments
Codeium blog post arguing that GitHub Copilot reproduces GPL-licensed code while Codeium excludes non-permissive code from its training data.