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Amazon Building its Own Linux-Based OS to Replace Android

www.omgubuntu.co.uk Amazon Building its Own Linux-Based OS to Replace Android

Amazon is reportedly working on its own Linux-based OS to replace Android on its Fire TVs, smart displays, and other non-tablet devices. —What's that?

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I know it won't happen, but it'd be nice if Linux switched to GPLv3. That would at least help somewhat here
- Won't ever happen, Linus is very much in favor of companies being able to use drm, when needed.
  
  I kinda sorta agree because without it Linux wouldn't be able to do anything requiring dr.m
  
  This is misleading, since regular desktop DRM would still obviously work, which is what the end user really cares about
  
  I haven't looked into it for a while but iirc, certain DRM would require DRM kernel modules which is something that Linus explicitly wants to allow
  
  The anti-tivoization clause in GPLv3 is what Linus is against specifically.
- Why?
  
  It is because of the tivo workaround to GPLv2. This was fixed in GPL v3.
  
  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tivoization
  
  Damn that sucks. I think Linux is too "free as in free beer" but hey there is BSD
  
  How would BSD help in this situation? I'm not sure I follow.
  
  Bsd is even less copyleft. Was meant as an even more "liberal" option
  
  While I don't mind BSDs, that would lead to even worse outcomes though in my view. Companies wouldn't even have to release the source code, and they routinely don't.
  
  What we need is more copyleft to ensure companies contribute back to the communities they leach from, not less.
  
  Agree totally.

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