Why would they care if you change the code? [LWN.net]

Why would they care if you change the code?

Posted Oct 9, 2006 14:18 UTC (Mon) by malor (subscriber, #2973)
In reply to: Why would they care if you change the code? by svkelley
Parent article: Busy busy busybox

I'm not sure whether or not this was sarcastic, but if a company doesn't choose Linux in its DRM-locked product, what does Linux lose, exactly?

You are willing to sacrifice your freedom for a few points of *market share*? WTF are you thinking? The whole point of an open source operating system is to be free, except when freedom would result in a few less locked-down systems running it?

Yes, requiring DRM keys will reduce Linux's market share. But the whole point of a free-software operating system is that market share doesn't matter. It's irrelevant. You're giving away the one thing in the whole deal that really matters for a shiny but meaningless bauble.

I'll give you three beads and a blanket for Manhattan. Deal?

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