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matheusmoreira • today at 8:27 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

It's not a suggestion, it's a fact. BSD is permissive open source software, not copyleft free software.

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ZirconiumX • today at 8:47 PM

> [The FreeBSD license] is a lax, permissive non-copyleft free software license

https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#FreeBSD

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caminanteblanco • today at 8:57 PM

Copyleft has never been a hard requirement for free software. If anything I feel like it stands against the deeper philosophy of given no restrictions on usage to the end user. I understand that's not the RMS-take, but he's not the only voice in this community.