On 12/14/2016 05:55 PM, Josh Boyer wrote:
I disagree with this assertion. Flatpak, snappy, docker containers,
etc are not an indication people are giving up on Free Software. They
are a mechanism the focuses on easing a developer's ability to
distribute their software without worrying about learning arcane
knowledge of each distro's packaging system.
But these packaging systems produce source and binary packages at the
same time. In contrast, I have yet to encounter a container build
service which does that. This has the side effect that GPL compliance
and general availability of matching source code is rather poor. As the
result, free software loses.
Thanks,
Florian