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@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ The GNU/Linux operating system has several variants in a form of a few GNU appro
**GNU greatly prefers [GPL](gpl.md) [licenses](license.md)**, i.e. it strives for [copyleft](copyleft.md) and largely recommends it, even though it will also accept projects under permissive licenses as those are still free. GNU also helps with enforcing these licenses legally and advises developers to transfer their [copyright](copyright.md) to GNU so that they can "defend" the software for them.
**If we still have a bit of freedom in computing nowadays, it is largely to GNU** -- this can't be stressed enough. But although GNU is great and has been one of the best things to happen in software ever, it also has **many flaws**, for example:
**What little of computing freedom we still have left nowadays we owe to GNU** -- this can't be stressed enough. But although GNU is great and has been one of the best things to happen in software ever, it also has **many flaws**, for example:
- **GNU programs are typically [bloated](bloat.md)** -- although compared to [Windows](windows.md) GNU programs are really light as a feather and though GNU programs are also in many cases (but not always) quite optimized, their source code, judged from strictly [suckless](suckless.md) perspective, is mostly huge, which many view as a big issue (it's a common theme, there are [jokes](joke.md) such as GNU actually meaning *Gigantic and Nasty but Unavoidable* and so on). This is likely because GNU chooses to [battle](fight_culture.md) proprietary programs, often by trying to beat them at their own game, so features are preferred over [minimalism](minimalism.md) to stay competitive.
- **GNU also doesn't mind proprietary non-functional data** (e.g. assets in video games). This goes against [free culture](free_culture.md) and many other free software groups, notably e.g. [Debian](debian.md). Justifications for this range from "data itself can't be harmful" (false), through "we just focus on software" to "we need GNU to be more popular" (i.e. compatible with proprietary games and so on). GNU is also generally **NOT supportive of [free culture](free_culture.md) and even uses copyright to prohibit modifications of their propaganda texts**: the [GFDL](gfdl.md) license (aka the propaganda license) they use for texts may contain sections that are prohibited from being modified and so are non-free by definition. They also try to "protect" their names, you can't use the name "GNU" without their permission and so on. This sucks big time and shows some of the movement's darker side.