No, it's not. Because you are free to change the source code and make it systemd-independant just like Gentoo or Devuan do.
در October 14, 2019 6:32:13 PM UTC، Alexander Vdolainen <[email protected]> نوشت: >Hi, > >On 10/14/19 9:16 PM, Paul Smith wrote: >> On Mon, 2019-10-14 at 18:52 +0200, Svante Signell wrote: >>> On Mon, 2019-10-14 at 12:13 -0400, Paul Smith wrote: >>>> On Mon, 2019-10-14 at 12:07 +0200, Svante Signell wrote: > >(skipped) > >> For example, no aspect of either GNOME or systemd are proprietary, >> using the common meaning of the term. Also, "lock-in" usually refers >> to software that prevents users from switching to an alternative; >GNOME >> and systemd are certainly not lock-in. > >I'm afraid but I cannot agree with that. Actually with systemd design >you have 'lock-in', because in some cases you need to modify a source >code to support systemd (or you will face something like this - >https://superuser.com/questions/1372963/how-do-i-keep-systemd-from-killing-my-tmux-sessions). >Also, a lot of system daemons has eaten by systemd (and to make it >works >some forks were created like eudev). >Finally, correct me if I wrong, but GNOME 3.8 and newer requires >systemd >to run, it's a lock-in isn't it ? > >> >> A non-commercial clause is directly opposed to the four freedoms (in >> particular freedom 0). In fact a number of otherwise-could-be-free >> software licenses have been deemed non-free solely for this type of >> thing. Unless I misunderstand what you mean by "non-commercial >> clause". >> >> I don't think it's appropriate to state that software that doesn't >> follow KISS can be considered non-free... how does one even measure >> that? By whose definition is software not "simple"? Many people >would >> suggest that GCC, glibc, Emacs, or other flagship GNU packages are >not >> "KISS". Similarly, there's no concrete definition of "*NIX >principles" >> that one can use. Who will decide? Again many people would suggest >> Emacs, with its "editor as an OS interface" construction, doesn't >> follow *NIX principles. I don't see how these criteria can be used >to >> measure software freedoms, other than by each person individually >> according to their own tastes. >> >> As with all free software, if someone feels that some software is not >> KISS (enough) or not *NIX (enough), they can avail themselves of >their >> four freedoms and modify that software as they like, and distribute >it >> to anyone else they like. >> >> >> > >-- >Alexander Vdolainen, >Evil contractor. ارسال از دستگاه اندرویدم با نامه ک-9. لطفاً کوتاهی متن را ببخشید
