Microsoft keeps layoffs QA teams to use part from insiders (so free testing) and part hiring in India that is cheaper. Now we are seeing the consequences of this.

Oh really I had the impression if you have a GPLv3 dependency in the same pack it could be interpreted as distributing it with your code.

Well thank TIL for me.

Linux has a problem with distribution of binaries, and companies for profit doesn’t want to share source … and packages with only binaries have some dependencies problem… although Flatpak and Snap improved this A LOT…. But then would have GLPv3 in many dependencies and you cannot ship it with a “for profit” product.

This is the biggest hurdle for Linux “for profit” market for better apps. Also many Linux users are against the paid model, preferring open source. There is a cultural limitation to break the bubble

I think SteamOS is helping a lot to break this … but still Linux desktop need to have a cultural change specially on license model or binary stability to be able to have a better app availability