Comment by wkat4242
2 days ago
Linux had the chance to fight against what GNU called "TiVoisation" but Linus said TiVo did nothing wrong.
So now we have a world full of devices running open software but which are locked down. And a Linux foundation run by corporates.
To me it is clear this was indeed a huge problem. Linux might not have become as big as it is now if it had taken GPL3 on board but it would have made it a lot harder for manufacturers to do what they're doing.
So they took gpl3, and manufactures all licensed windows. Does this help Linux or FOSS?
No the Linux kernel didn't move to gpl3 for this reason.
It should have, IMO. Because now we're stuck with all these locked devices. Even PCs are becoming more locked now. FOSS (at least on the OS level) can't really exist without open devices to run it on. Otherwise you're dependent on the gatekeepers of big tech and there's nothing 'free' about it anymore then.