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Re:Chimera Linux: a Linux distribution based on FreeBSD user... by thayne on Saturday July 03, 2021 @01:17PM (#27723150)
If that was the case, why not advertise it as having no GPL licensed userland components? They way it's worded sounds more like they have something against the GNU organization.

And the linux kernel itself is licensed as GPLv2, so they aren't avoiding the GPL completely.

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Re:Chimera Linux: a Linux distribution based on FreeBSD user... by modshatereality on Saturday July 03, 2021 @03:08PM (#27723950)
Let's hope thats it because the only logical alternative I can think of is that they want the ability to ship binaries with proprietary modifications, or allow others to do the same.
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