dullbananas (Joseph Silva)@lemmy.ca to Open Source@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 days agoIn September 2024, "Ty Coon" was replaced with "Moe Ghoul" in the official text file for GPL v2, without changing the version number or URL.message-squaremessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up156arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up153arrow-down1message-squareIn September 2024, "Ty Coon" was replaced with "Moe Ghoul" in the official text file for GPL v2, without changing the version number or URL.dullbananas (Joseph Silva)@lemmy.ca to Open Source@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square39fedilinkfile-text
Old: https://web.archive.org/web/20240917143456/http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.txt New: https://web.archive.org/web/20240919194602/http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.txt
minus-squareCaptain Beyond@linkage.ds8.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·16 hours agoThis came up during the GPLv3 drafting period. Bradley Kuhn (whose surname is a homonym of this word) relayed personal experience. One commenter said they experienced being called this slur. It’s unfortunately still a problem.
This came up during the GPLv3 drafting period. Bradley Kuhn (whose surname is a homonym of this word) relayed personal experience. One commenter said they experienced being called this slur. It’s unfortunately still a problem.