Linux developers threaten to pull "kill switch"
submitted 5 years ago by DrStrangelove from (lulz.com)
[–]magnora7 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun - 5 years ago (3 children)
Wow, I didn't realize this was even an option.
[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun - 5 years ago (0 children)
I didn't either and was shocked. I guess it's build into gpl v2 while v3 removes this ability to withdraw code. This defeats the whole point of open source code to me.
[–]crypt 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun - 5 years ago (1 child)
you ever hear about making mountains out of molehills?
well this is that.
linux can't flip a switch and stop all linux distros from working.
also, even if they could, someone would step up and replace the component that was removed. that is the beauty of open source.
[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun - 5 years ago (0 children)
But certain components might take a while to reimplement, especially if they get all lawyery and have someone code it who has never seen the open source implementation?
I agree that it's still a molehill and will probably remain that way.
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