← Back to context Comment by kykat 5 months ago There would be no open source without the gpl 4 comments kykat Reply fulafel 5 months ago The GPL was historically of course a counter-reaction to copyrightability of code. Hence "copyleft" etc. red_admiral 5 months ago MIT and BSD are doing just fine.The 25519 crypto package that's built into practically everything these days (SSH, TLS, most e2e messaging) was released as both a spec and a C reference implementation _in the public domain_. joquarky 5 months ago Nothing lasts forever. We now have tools that let us fulfill the ultimate goal of open source.GPL was a means, not an end. hiccuphippo 5 months ago This. If Stallman could have asked AI to generate the source code for the printer driver, the GPL would not exist.
fulafel 5 months ago The GPL was historically of course a counter-reaction to copyrightability of code. Hence "copyleft" etc.
red_admiral 5 months ago MIT and BSD are doing just fine.The 25519 crypto package that's built into practically everything these days (SSH, TLS, most e2e messaging) was released as both a spec and a C reference implementation _in the public domain_.
joquarky 5 months ago Nothing lasts forever. We now have tools that let us fulfill the ultimate goal of open source.GPL was a means, not an end. hiccuphippo 5 months ago This. If Stallman could have asked AI to generate the source code for the printer driver, the GPL would not exist.
hiccuphippo 5 months ago This. If Stallman could have asked AI to generate the source code for the printer driver, the GPL would not exist.
The GPL was historically of course a counter-reaction to copyrightability of code. Hence "copyleft" etc.
MIT and BSD are doing just fine.
The 25519 crypto package that's built into practically everything these days (SSH, TLS, most e2e messaging) was released as both a spec and a C reference implementation _in the public domain_.
Nothing lasts forever. We now have tools that let us fulfill the ultimate goal of open source.
GPL was a means, not an end.
This. If Stallman could have asked AI to generate the source code for the printer driver, the GPL would not exist.