[Image description : 4 Panel comic. Panel 1: A Dora the explorer ripoff wearing a fedora and with the fedora logo on her t-shirt is smiling at the viewer. The caption “Fedora the explorer” is over her head. Panel 2: She speaks to a vaguely anthropomorphic chameleon: “Hello Opensuse !” He replies : “Hi Fedora!” Panel 3: OpenSuse Says: “Someone has been using your code while not freely providing theirs despite the GPL licence!” Panel 4: Fedora “Hmmm… Who could it be?” A fox wearing a red hat emerges from a bush in the background. End ]

  • Guenther_Amanita@feddit.de
    3·
    8 months ago

    I really like that post!

    It seems like OP put a lot of work and creativity into the meme, while intelligently criticizing a problem and not just using “Windows bad hurr hurr” as the base.

    I wanna see more of those kind!

  • ShortFuse@lemmy.world
    0·
    8 months ago

    OP, can I get a tagged version of this so I can freely send it around while properly crediting your work?

    • loaExMachina@sh.itjust.worksOP
      1·
      8 months ago

      Thanks! I’m not used to tagging my memes, and I wouldn’t have minded you sharing it without tag, but it’s a nice idea! Here, I put my username on it (it’s pretty much the same I use on Newgrounds, Tumblr and Mastodon, though I don’t have a big following on any platforms and I haven’t posted that specific meme anywhere but here for now).

      signed meme

  • fl42v@lemmy.ml
    01·
    8 months ago

    Wasn’t it like they still provide their sources, but not binaries, which (while generally being a dick move) doesn’t doesn’t contradict the GPL?

    Or have I missed something?

    • BaumGeist@lemmy.ml
      0·
      8 months ago

      Afaik the issue is that they made their code “open” source in the way many for-profit companies do: they require a subscription before you have access to the code.

      If I understand the GPL correctly that doesn’t violate it, since it only requires that the users have access to the source and not the general public.