One benefit of free software I see is Raspberry Pi wouldn't be the same without Linux and the GNU compiler collection.Also, why are you insistent on entirely free software? What benefits does that actually bring?
Yes, I suspect it would be possible to have gone Apple's route and create proprietary versions of the LLVM toolchain, Mach kernel and BSD user land. I'm glad the approach of proprietizing free software was not the one chosen.
Software has a particularly slippery slope between the freedom of owning versus the convenience of renting. To avoid sliding all the way to the bottom, in my opinion, a person needs to make consistent decisions about freedom.
Statistics: Posted by ejolson — Tue Dec 30, 2025 12:43 pm