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posted by n1 on Monday June 08 2015, @03:16AM   Printer-friendly
from the mix-and-match dept.

I have been watching the evolution of the Ubuntu Software Center for quite a while now. I had doubts about its interface and its speed, but I liked the fact that it offered an easy, down-to-earth interface that allowed users to install software easily. However, I have to say that the way the Ubuntu Software Center has evolved is worrying me -- a lot. I am not against the idea of selling software. What I am against, is confusing proprietary software with non-proprietary software, The Ubuntu Software Center seems to be doing just that.


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  • (Score: 2) by TheRaven on Monday June 08 2015, @08:11AM

    by TheRaven (270) on Monday June 08 2015, @08:11AM (#193564) Journal
    Wrong. The GCC license include an explicit run-time exemption. You are free to distribute the run-time components of GCC (any code that the compiler generates that inserts code that is part of the compiler, and anything like the softfloat emulation routines) in a binary under any license. The page you link to would only be relevant if he were asking if he could distribute a modified GCC binary only.
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