@maija@netzsphaere.xyz @david@blob.cat @RustyCrab@clubcyberia.co All the popular BSD distros contain unlicensed files and include many proprietary programs without source code, meaning that those OS's are proprietary software. For example, "Free"BSD; https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/tree/sys/contrib/dev https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/tree/sys/contrib/dev/nvidia/LICENCE.nvidia https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/tree/sys/contrib/dev/nvidia/tegra124_xusb.bin.uu https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/tree/sys/contrib/dev/nvidia/tegra210_xusb.bin.uu https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/tree/sys/contrib/dev/otus/otus-license https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/tree/sys/contrib/dev/otus/otus-init The weak BSD licenses, for example BSD 3-clause are specifically crafted so that the proprietary masters can come along and take the users freedom, as they grant the power to take freedom. The GNU licenses contain no restrictions - they rather grant the 4 freedoms and ensure those freedoms are respected for *all* users, no matter where the software is used, by requiring the source code is provided via reasonable methods (or otherwise the software not be distributed at all) - although they don't grant the power to take freedom (if you feel that is a restriction, you should bring it up to the government, as they are the ones who have applied copyright). If you actually read the BSD 3-clause and GPLv3, it is clear which one is more restrictive; BSD 3-clause; Redistribution and ***use*** in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted ***provided that the following conditions are met***: GPLv3; 9. Acceptance Not Required for Having Copies. You are not required to accept this License in order to receive or run a copy of the Program.