I cannot stand systemd. I think it is an atrocity. However, I don't see limiting systems to per seat licenses as a driving force behind it. Sure, RH _could_ do that, and probably much easier with systemd, but they could have been doing it all along as well. <div><br></div><div>No, I think it is a project that was started by someone who has a fundamental misunderstanding of the ecosystem and its adoption a thing of bewilderment. If it weren't for udev, and whatever the hell part of systemd that GNOME depends upon, I don't think it would be where it is today. <span></span><br><br>On Tuesday, November 17, 2015, Alex Carver <<a href="mailto:agcarver%2Bale@acarver.net">agcarver+ale@acarver.net</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">This bit just popped up on the cygwin mailing list recently (the "same<br>
thing" is referring to the Microsoft and Apple One user, one license<br>
model for programs that were traditionally single machine operations<br>
like word processing instead of shared server applications that now use<br>
seats.)<br>
<br>
" The recent push to convert linux to use systemd -- is all about<br>
reducing the functionality of linux to require the same thing -- so<br>
1 system monitor (systemd) can keep track of how many users are<br>
using "licensed seats" --- so vendors can force you to pay 10-100<br>
times for the same program. It's also about locking down linux so<br>
that you can't easily your own programs to get around such licensing<br>
mechanisms (you'd have to "jailbreak" your computer -- as is done<br>
with smartphones these days, to allow you to run what you want on<br>
your own computer)."<br>
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