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Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://gamerplus.org/@screwlisp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>screwlisp</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@amszmidt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>amszmidt</span></a></span> </p><p>The beauty of <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/libre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>libre</span></a> licensing, specifically the <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/Copyleft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Copyleft</span></a> subset, is that the world doesn't have to depend on the behaviour of one company - others can fork the code. Examples of that happening abound. Not so with proprietary. I'm also not a fan of 'weak' <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/libre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>libre</span></a> licenses, e.g. BSD &amp; MIT, etc. And I revile software patents (see <a href="https://softwarepatents.org.nz" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">softwarepatents.org.nz</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>)</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://emacs.social/@eduardoochs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>eduardoochs</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://climatejustice.social/@kentpitman" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>kentpitman</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/@dougmerritt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dougmerritt</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://appdot.net/@mdhughes" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mdhughes</span></a></span></p>
dorotaC<p>About <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/GPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPL</span></a> .</p><p>If I buy a second-hand device with <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> on it, who's responsible for giving me the sources?</p><p>It seems logical to me that the person I bought it from. But good luck getting sources from a private rando ( <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sustainability</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/reuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reuse</span></a> ). </p><p>On the other hand, my <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ISP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ISP</span></a> sells me, say a <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Huawei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Huawei</span></a> device. Is the ISP obliged to give me sources or can they say "it's not our problem" and send me to the manufacturer?</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/askfedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>askfedi</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/copyleft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copyleft</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copyright</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/freesoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freesoftware</span></a></p>
alxd of the Story Seed Library<p>Do you know any <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/arabic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>arabic</span></a> , <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/spanish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spanish</span></a> or <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/mandarin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mandarin</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/translator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>translator</span></a> who might be interested in translating <a href="https://storyseedlibrary.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">storyseedlibrary.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> , a <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/solarpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>solarpunk</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> and <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> site with lots of <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Copyleft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Copyleft</span></a> materials?</p><p>Sadly, there's no funding for the project, only bringing more human-made, intentional, optimistic <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/futurism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>futurism</span></a> materials to new audiences!</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>translation</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/translating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>translating</span></a></p>
Bradley M. Kuhn<p>∃ some “double agents” inside $MSFT. (I I wish I still had insider informants like the old days, but they've moved on.)</p><p>Microsoft was the instigator of the ongoing loosely coordinated cross-company campaign to denigrate copyleft.</p><p>Propaganda &amp; indoctrination are real. Most who pick “MIT's license” — seemingly “jus' cuz” — b/c they've worked in an entrenched anti-copyleft regime their whole career…&amp; b/c their bosses must give special permission to ever use a <a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/copyleft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copyleft</span></a> license.</p><p>Cc: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kitsunes.club/@Jessica" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Jessica</span></a></span></p>
Alexandre Dulaunoy<p>The Case for Contextual Copyleft: Licensing Open Source Training Data and Generative AI</p><p>" The paper concludes that when implemented within a robust regulatory environment focused on responsible AI usage, the CCAI license provides a viable mechanism for preserving and adapting core FOSS principles to the evolving landscape of generative AI development."</p><p><a href="https://paperbay.org/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://paperbay.org/tags/copyleft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copyleft</span></a> <a href="https://paperbay.org/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://paperbay.org/tags/copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copyright</span></a> <a href="https://paperbay.org/tags/license" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>license</span></a> </p><p>🔗 <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.12713" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">arxiv.org/abs/2507.12713</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Bradley M. Kuhn<p>It's not bitterness on your part,, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toot.liw.fi/@liw" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>liw</span></a></span> — it's having political memory.</p><p>Politicians (regular ones or unelected tech industry ones) *rely* on folks not seeing the long game that's afoot.</p><p><a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> still has same goals re: <a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a>: end <a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/copyleft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copyleft</span></a> in favor of exploitable non-copyleft — old-school embrace, extend, extinguish.</p><p>&amp; now fanboys help them!: <a href="https://github.com/sirredbeard/microsoft-opensource" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/sirredbeard/microso</span><span class="invisible">ft-opensource</span></a> … timeline starts in 2004 — ignoring early moves making seem like Microsoft just ignored FOSS until 2004.</p><p>Cc: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@carnage4life" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>carnage4life</span></a></span></p>
Bradley M. Kuhn<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@carnage4life" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>carnage4life</span></a></span> Good point &amp; 🙄 re: Brad Smith. His name is in the top five reasons why I stopped accepting "Brad" as my name circa 2001…I did not wanna share a name with the (then) General Counsel of $MSFT.</p><p>I think many don't realize that there is a *lawyer* (not a technologist) who has been President of Microsoft for years.</p><p>Brad Smith is also believed to be (we can't prove it — Microsoft state secrets) the mastermind behind the anti-<a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/copyleft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copyleft</span></a> / anti-<a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/GPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPL</span></a> campaign of the early 2000s.</p><p>Cc: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toot.liw.fi/@liw" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>liw</span></a></span></p>
Bradley M. Kuhn<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://expressional.social/@phloggen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>phloggen</span></a></span> suggested:<br>&gt; Founding documents should automatically expire when there is no longer a ⅔ majority of…affected population who…voted to affirm it.</p><p>😯 A fascinating suggestion. Now I'm trying to figure out if it's possible to apply this idea to <a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/copyleft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copyleft</span></a> licenses like <a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/GPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPL</span></a> &amp;/or copyleft-<span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/@next" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>next</span></a></span>.</p><p>One difficulty in <a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> governance accomplished through licensing is: many don't know they're governed by them &amp;/or they benefit indirectly &amp; silently from the rights therein.</p><p>Cc: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@richardfontana" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>richardfontana</span></a></span></p>
copyleft-next<p>An interesting thread from <a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/copyleft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copyleft</span></a>-next mailing list this week:</p><p>A thread about improving readability of defined terms…<br><a href="https://lists.copyleft.org/pipermail/next/2025q3/000027.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lists.copyleft.org/pipermail/n</span><span class="invisible">ext/2025q3/000027.html</span></a><br>… has inspired some discussion about broader strategic approach to drafting a <a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/copyleft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copyleft</span></a> license in 2025… <br><a href="https://lists.copyleft.org/pipermail/next/2025q3/000032.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lists.copyleft.org/pipermail/n</span><span class="invisible">ext/2025q3/000032.html</span></a><br><a href="https://lists.copyleft.org/pipermail/next/2025q3/000033.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lists.copyleft.org/pipermail/n</span><span class="invisible">ext/2025q3/000033.html</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/@bkuhn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bkuhn</span></a></span> has coined the term “specious argument vector” … but who knows if it'll catch on?</p>
Aris~<p><strong>Libre est Queer</strong><br>Par Khrys <span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" href="https://mamot.fr/@Khrys" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Khrys</span></a></span> </p><p>Une autre lecture plaisante et rafraîchissante en ces temps de dérèglement climatique et de canicule semiocapitaliste</p><blockquote><p>Pour moi, promouvoir les licences libres est une attitude queer. On ne rejette pas le système, on cherche à le hacker, le subvertir, l’adapter à nos besoins. C’est une stratégie de l’ici et maintenant, une lutte de l'intérieur du système. Car c’est tout de même assez tordu (queer) de résister aux licences capitalistes en inventant de nouvelles licences capitalistes, tout particulièrement celles qui sont contaminantes !</p></blockquote><p><a href="https://linuxfr.org/users/khrys/journaux/libre-est-queer" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://linuxfr.org/users/khrys/journaux/libre-est-queer</a></p><p><a class="hashtag" href="https://social.tmprs.net/tag/logiciellibre" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LogicielLibre</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.tmprs.net/tag/libre" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Libre</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.tmprs.net/tag/opensource" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenSource</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.tmprs.net/tag/licenceslibres" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LicencesLibres</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.tmprs.net/tag/copyright" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#copyright</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.tmprs.net/tag/copyleft" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#copyleft</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.tmprs.net/tag/capitalisme" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#capitalisme</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.tmprs.net/tag/anticapitalisme" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AntiCapitalisme</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.tmprs.net/tag/queer" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#queer</a></p>
Bradley M. Kuhn<p>(*) in the late 1990s, I saw Henry Rollins do a spoken word live show at some dive venue in CIncinnati when I was in graduate school.</p><p>He opened the show by stating: </p><p>&gt; “Hi, everyone. So, I want to let you know that my profession is now ’aging punk icon‘.” </p><p>I wonder if I should start opening my conference talks with</p><p>&gt; Welcome. If this talk seems out of touch, you should know my profession is aging software freedom activist obsessed with <a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/copyleft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copyleft</span></a>.</p>
Bradley M. Kuhn<p>The account migration seems to have gone ok! The Mastodon developers are really doing a great job. When I think about how much work <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://socialwebfoundation.org/author/evanprodromou/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>evanprodromou</span></a></span> &amp; <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.coop/@cwebber" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>cwebber</span></a></span> did to show the world that federation *can* work— I admit I was a naysayer because I tend to think capitalism has too much control of software to give control back to users.</p><p>This is a clear counterexample.</p><p>You can go server to server and find your community — all under <a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/copyleft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copyleft</span></a>.</p><p>Thanks to everyone I mention here &amp; the hundreds I didn't.</p>
Bradley M. Kuhn<p>Today, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@richardfontana" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>richardfontana</span></a></span> &amp; I restarted, relaunched, &amp; revitalized copyleft-next.</p><p>All versions &amp; variants of <a href="https://floss.social/tags/GPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPL</span></a> are great licenses. But, today, <a href="https://floss.social/tags/GPLv3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPLv3</span></a> turned 18 years old &amp; <a href="https://floss.social/tags/GPLv2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPLv2</span></a> turned 34 years old.</p><p>At least once in a generation, <a href="https://floss.social/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> needs a new approach to strong <a href="https://floss.social/tags/copyleft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copyleft</span></a>.</p><p>These posts have details: <a href="https://lists.copyleft.org/pipermail/next/2025q2/000000.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lists.copyleft.org/pipermail/n</span><span class="invisible">ext/2025q2/000000.html</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/@next/114769761806288554" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fedi.copyleft.org/@next/114769</span><span class="invisible">761806288554</span></a></p><p>I ask you to follow <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/@next" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>next</span></a></span> &amp; check out our website at <a href="https://next.copyleft.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">next.copyleft.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>. </p><p>FYI: I'll migrate this account to @bkuhn@copyleft.org later this week.</p>
copyleft-next<p>Today, we (<span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://floss.social/@bkuhn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bkuhn</span></a></span> &amp; <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@richardfontana" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>richardfontana</span></a></span>) excitedly announce that we have restarted, revitalized, and relaunched copyleft-next!</p><p>Today, <a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/GPLv3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPLv3</span></a> turns exactly 18 years old. This month, <a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/GPLv2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPLv2</span></a> turned 34 years old. These are both great licenses and we love them. Nevertheless, at least once in a generation, <a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> needs a new approach to strong <a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/copyleft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copyleft</span></a>.</p><p>Read more in this thread about the relaunch of the copyleft-next project … ( or read more on the post here: <a href="https://lists.copyleft.org/pipermail/next/2025q2/000000.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lists.copyleft.org/pipermail/n</span><span class="invisible">ext/2025q2/000000.html</span></a> )</p>
Bradley M. Kuhn<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://pleroma.debian.social/users/jlines" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jlines</span></a></span> Hopefully, you'll find what I and my colleagues at SFC are planning for the next few weeks much better than that.</p><p>We're not watching from the sidelines and speculating – we're actually the ones doing it and probably never in the history of FOSS has a party to a <a href="https://floss.social/tags/copyleft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copyleft</span></a> enforcement action ever been this transparent. That's mainly because as we head to trial, nearly everything is public anyway but we'll hide nothing in plain sight.</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://legal.social/@resieguen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>resieguen</span></a></span> die <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GEMAvermutung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GEMAvermutung</span></a> wird von denen stets geflext, sofern <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Kreative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kreative</span></a> sich nicht mit <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Klarnamen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Klarnamen</span></a> selbst-doxxen - selbst wenn diese nachweislich keine Mitglieder bei irgendeiner <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Verwertungsgesellschafft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Verwertungsgesellschafft</span></a> und bei keinem <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Verleger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Verleger</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Plattenlabel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Plattenlabel</span></a> / ... unter Vertrag sind.</p><ul><li>Gab dazu auch schon <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Gerichtsurteile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gerichtsurteile</span></a> in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Deutschland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Deutschland</span></a> wo dies bestätigt wurde!</li></ul><p>Ich stelle mir die Frage was passiert wenn <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Musiker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musiker</span></a>*innen, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Komponist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Komponist</span></a>*innen u.ä. ihr Zeug explizit so lizensieren dass der <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GEMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GEMA</span></a> (und dem Rest der <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Copyrightmafia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Copyrightmafia</span></a>) die <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Lizensierung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lizensierung</span></a> explizit verboten wird!</p><ul><li>IMHO gehört die GEMA-Vermutung (welche als Teil der <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NS</span></a>-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Kulturpolitik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kulturpolitik</span></a> <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/GEMA-freie_Musik#GEMA-Vermutung" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">eingeführt wurde</a>) ersatzlos gestrichen und verboten!</li></ul><p>Auch stelle ich mir die Frage wie das mit nicht-deutschsprachigen / nicht in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Deutschland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Deutschland</span></a> oder der <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> ansässigen <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Musikschaffende" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musikschaffende</span></a>|n aussieht. </p><ul><li>Müssen die im Zweifelsfalle per <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Anwalt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Anwalt</span></a> ne <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Unterlassungserkl%C3%A4rung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unterlassungserklärung</span></a> an die GEMA schicken lassen???</li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DEpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEpol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Sarkasmus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sarkasmus</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Cyberfaschismus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cyberfaschismus</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ValueRemoving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ValueRemoving</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Rentseeker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rentseeker</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Durchlauferhitzer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Durchlauferhitzer</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Blutsauger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blutsauger</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Copyright</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Copywrong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Copywrong</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Copyleft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Copyleft</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://go.lema.org/santi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>santi</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://studio8502.ca/@mos_8502" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mos_8502</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://oldbytes.space/@Wintermute_BBS" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Wintermute_BBS</span></a></span> well, as for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GPLv2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPLv2</span></a> and <em>license enforcement</em>, using <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/copyleft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copyleft</span></a> as a bat to club corporations with isn't effective.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.jp/@landley" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>landley</span></a></span> still feels remorse for having started that with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BusyBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BusyBox</span></a>. </p><p>Not to mention <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GPLv3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPLv3</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AGPLv3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AGPLv3</span></a> really is bad unless one wants to commit <em>"asset denial"</em> aka. be an anticompetitive dickhead and at that point it's close to <em>"asshole licensing"</em> of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SSPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SSPL</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RSAL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RSAL</span></a>!</p>
Athenenoctua<p>QR : la publication de ressources sur <a href="https://mastodon.gougere.fr/tags/wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wikipedia</span></a> et <a href="https://mastodon.gougere.fr/tags/wikicommons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wikicommons</span></a> ont nourri les <a href="https://mastodon.gougere.fr/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a> : met du doute sur les contributions, sur la mise en place d'une licence <a href="https://mastodon.gougere.fr/tags/creativecommoms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>creativecommoms</span></a> qui exclut l'<a href="https://mastodon.gougere.fr/tags/IA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IA</span></a> (mais pour quel effet ?), alors qu'il est nécessaire d'encore plus et mieux contribuer pour lutter contre l'extraction massive et nuisible.<br>Il faut imaginer une autre manière de vivre et partager le <a href="https://mastodon.gougere.fr/tags/numerique" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>numerique</span></a>, mettre en avant le <a href="https://mastodon.gougere.fr/tags/copyleft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copyleft</span></a>, monnayer les extractions (assez peu faisable).</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.gougere.fr/tags/jcn2025wmfr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jcn2025wmfr</span></a></p>
Travis F W<p>The YCAJA license: You Could Always Just Ask</p><p>The YCAJA license is a <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/copyleft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copyleft</span></a> "locked open" license with the exception that nonexclusive licensing agreements may be negotiated with/by maintainers and contributors to support their continued maintenance and development of <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSoftware</span></a>.</p><p>Erroneously or not, it is common for commercial entities (htf known as "The Money") to avoid Free/#Libre <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>software</span></a>. With the YCAJA license, everybody wins.</p>
Light<p>I wonder if you can <a href="https://noc.social/tags/copyleft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copyleft</span></a> an idea?</p><p>Like, you've done some research and you've figured out a method, technique, algorithm, etc, but you don't have any code or a prototype.<br>Can you make sure that if anyone builds anything with it, they can't make it proprietary?</p><p><a href="https://noc.social/tags/freesoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freesoftware</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/freehardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freehardware</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/libre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>libre</span></a></p>