Likewise, it is my right to criticise you for exercising your right to criticise them. Nobody said you aren't allowed to, but just as anyone is allowed to whine about not being given enough free stuff, I'm allowed to call out that they're acting like an entitled child in public. Just because you can legally do something doesn't mean that it is socially acceptable to do so.

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Brian_K_White 15 hours ago | parent | next [-]

No one is whining about not being given enough free stuff, and you in fact have no right to criticize people for something they aren't doing.

For my part, I'm simply opting for "leave it" out of "take it or leave it". I merely say WHY I'm leaving it, but choosing to use something else rather than reward trunas for doing something I don't like is not whining or demanding or childish.

Here is childish: You can go fuck yourself for attempting to characterize it that way.

Now you have something to criticize dickface.

Wow, that was easy, it's almost like calling people names is effortless and we can all do that, and not a very valid argument.

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ThePowerOfFuet a day ago | parent | prev [-]

They chose to base their enterprise on the work of others, only to pull the ladder up behind them.

Fuck that noise. They are the ones breaking the social contract, not the folks criticizing them for it.

Shameful of you.

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tw04 20 hours ago | parent [-]

> They chose to base their enterprise on the work of others, only to pull the ladder up behind them.

This is literally why BSD exists in the first place. To allow companies compete freedom with the code, including freedom to not release changes.

I hate to break it to you: basically every commercial storage vendor on the planet bases their appliances on either BSD or Linux and not a single one is sharing their proprietary code with you. There’s nothing shameful about it, they built a company to make money.

	▲	bigstrat2003 16 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> This is literally why BSD exists in the first place. To allow companies compete freedom with the code, including freedom to not release changes. I would phrase it slightly differently. BSD licensing exists to allow everyone complete freedom with the code, not just businesses. It is a gift to the commons without restriction on who may use it or for what, which is why I love BSD (and other permissive licenses).