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FreeBSD Just Removed The Last Of Its GPL-Licensed Code (hackaday.com)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 4 points 2 months ago (5 children)

So? It's not like upstream should have to accept everything every fork does.

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  • [–] -2 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    What is the practical difference between code not accepted and code hidden?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    You can look it and go "yeah, it is shit, but I see what it is doing, it is better done like this" and push that upstream. Saves time reverse engineering.

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