GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft after CEO resignation

Re:GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft after CEO re... by eadmund on Monday August 11, 2025 @03:17PM (#44868294)

You forgot things like shipping decades-old free software with their OS because Apple are so implacably opposed to their users having freedom to use, examine, modify and share that software.

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Re:GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft after CEO re... by junon on Monday August 11, 2025 @04:32PM (#44869130)

SIP is the obvious contra, though.

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Re:GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft after CEO re... by Sharlin on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @04:02AM (#44873610)

Funnily I just yesterday realized that my macOS-bundled bash version is (was) from 2007 because $BASH_ALIASES (introduced in bash 4) didn't work.

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Re:GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft after CEO re... by spauldo on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @02:47PM (#44880293)

I've always heard Apple's refusal to use GPL3 code was due to the patent clause. They certainly don't seem to mind including GPL2 software.

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