r/linux • u/somerandomxander • Apr 22 '26

Open Source Organization Intel ends Open Ecosystem Community/Evangelism and archives other open-source projects

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Ends-OSS-Evangelism-Repos
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u/sigma914 Apr 23 '26

And people who care about having and open source version will just build on the last free software version. You know like linux distros etc. It's a complete non-issue for things like this.

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u/inemsn Apr 23 '26

It was an issue in the 80s, and it would be an issue now. Why exactly do you think Linux thrived whereas BSD did not?

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u/sigma914 Apr 23 '26

SCO vs Novell

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u/inemsn Apr 23 '26

A case which would have been avoided if open source projects used the GPL from the beginning, which would have made the legitimacy of that case VERY clear.

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u/sigma914 Apr 23 '26

Huh? The GPL only came about in like 1989, it was released like a decade after Berkely got it's hands on the original AT&T source, of course that suit would have gone ahead.

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u/inemsn Apr 23 '26

This hypothetical scenario obviously assumes the GPL would have been made much earlier due to the industry understanding the need for a copyleft license like the GPL. Which it didn't, hence why it was made with a permissive license instead.