Glibc Is Finally Free Software

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WebMink writes "Despite the fervour of some, the dark secret of every GNU/Linux distribution is that, until August 18 this year, it depended on software that was under a non-Free license — incompatible with the Open Source Definition and non-Free according to Debian and the FSF. A long tale of tenacity and software archeology has finally led to that software appearing under the 3-clause BSD license — ironically, at the behest of an Oracle VP. The result is that glibc, portmap and NFS are no longer tainted."http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png (http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory %2F10%2F08%2F26%2F2339249%2FGlibc-Is-Finally-Free-Software) http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png (http://twitter.com/home?status=Glibc+Is+Finally+Free+Software%3A+http %3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FbSKIbx)
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