[ale] Systemd and cygwin

Alex Carver agcarver+ale at acarver.net
Tue Nov 17 12:20:00 EST 2015


This bit just popped up on the cygwin mailing list recently (the "same
thing" is referring to the Microsoft and Apple One user, one license
model for programs that were traditionally single machine operations
like word processing instead of shared server applications that now use
seats.)

"    The recent push to convert linux to use systemd -- is all about
reducing the functionality of linux to require the same thing -- so
1 system monitor (systemd) can keep track of how many users are
using "licensed seats" --- so vendors can force you to pay 10-100
times for the same program.  It's also about locking down linux so
that you can't easily your own programs to get around such licensing
mechanisms (you'd have to "jailbreak" your computer -- as is done
with smartphones these days, to allow you to run what you want on
your own computer)."


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