Timely_Jellyfish_2077@programming.dev to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agoMicrosoft published a guide on how to install Linux.programming.devimagemessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down10
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minus-squareAnyOldName3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoUsually FOSS is specifically copyleft licences like the GPL, which Microsoft don’t use. Their open-source stuff tends to be MIT.
minus-squarenous@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoHuh? FSF counts the MIT license as free, though they call it the Expat license they list it as both Free and GPL compatible: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#Expat It is also listed as an opensource licence by the OSI. Thus by definition MIT is a FOSS licence.
Usually FOSS is specifically copyleft licences like the GPL, which Microsoft don’t use. Their open-source stuff tends to be MIT.
Huh? FSF counts the MIT license as free, though they call it the Expat license they list it as both Free and GPL compatible: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#Expat It is also listed as an opensource licence by the OSI.
Thus by definition MIT is a FOSS licence.