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Re:Chimera Linux: a Linux distribution based on FreeBSD user... by zinekeller on Saturday July 03, 2021 @10:29AM (#27721839)
Except that for some, they really meant it when they licensed their work permissively.

(Also your point is a bit flawed, only AGPL really saves you from the Amazon situation.)

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Re:Chimera Linux: a Linux distribution based on FreeBSD user... by littlestymaar on Saturday July 03, 2021 @10:37AM (#27721878)
> (Also your point is a bit flawed, only AGPL really saves you from the Amazon situation.)

I wouldn't be so sure, for this kind of tooling it's not like the software is exposed behind some API of some sort. When Amazon is renting you a virtual machine with those installed on top, are they distributing the software? It's not clear cut at all.

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Re:Chimera Linux: a Linux distribution based on FreeBSD user... by detaro on Saturday July 03, 2021 @10:50AM (#27721960)
when they rent you a VM with GPL tools on top, they don't mind you having the source of the GPL tools.
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