Bradley Kuhn<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.coop/@smallcircles" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>smallcircles</span></a></span> suggested:</p><p>> “Or try <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://floss.social/@forgejo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>forgejo</span></a></span> — the code <a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/forge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>forge</span></a> that <a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/Codeberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Codeberg</span></a> is based on.” </p><p>I agree completely & in <a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/copyleft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copyleft</span></a>-<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> project, we're using <a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/forgejo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>forgejo</span></a> <<a href="https://git.copyleft.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">git.copyleft.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>>!</p><p>I mentioned <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/@Codeberg" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Codeberg</span></a></span> specifically upthread (& not other options) b/c (a) 500-char <a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> limit & (b) <<a href="https://codeberg.org" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">codeberg.org</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>> is likely the best option for those who want to <a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/GiveUpGitHub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GiveUpGitHub</span></a> <<a href="https://giveupgithub.org" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">giveupgithub.org</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>> quickly.</p><p>Absolutely, <a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/ForgeFederation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForgeFederation</span></a> is the future: <a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> for CODE!</p><p>Cc: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://floss.social/@forgefed" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>forgefed</span></a></span></p>
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Bradley Kuhn<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tech.lgbt/@diffrentcolours" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>diffrentcolours</span></a></span> </p><p>I'm obviously biased in saying so, but I admit that I'm so sad you don't list <a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/SoftwareFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SoftwareFreedom</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.sfconservancy.org/users/conservancy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>conservancy</span></a></span> <<a href="https://sfconservancy.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">sfconservancy.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>> in that list.</p><p>Also, I'm not aware of any work that <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@eff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>eff</span></a></span> has done on <a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> issues (e.g., <a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/EFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EFF</span></a> has generally not supported <a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/copyleft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copyleft</span></a>.)</p><p>I agree with your other assessments. Specifically, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://media.fsfe.org/accounts/fsfe" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>fsfe</span></a></span> is doing an excellent job particularly on EU policy — <a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/SFC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SFC</span></a> being a USA entity is partnered with them on EU stuff since it's their bailiwick.</p>
Bradley Kuhn<p>Good point, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@danielittlewood" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>danielittlewood</span></a></span>. At 1ˢᵗ, I was gonna reply that <a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a>'s <a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/CC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CC</span></a>-BY-SA license is a “weak <a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/copyleft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copyleft</span></a>” but that's not quite right. (It's nothing like, say, <a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/LGPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGPL</span></a>.)</p><p>I'm going to coin a new term right here, right now: “CC-BY-SA is an *incomplete* copyleft”.</p><p>I agree <a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/CCBYSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CCBYSA</span></a> has a “share & share alike” clause as it says on the tin. However, any license that allows paper books that deny access to editable e-copies ain't a full copyleft!</p><p>Cc: <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> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wikis.world/@wikipedia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>wikipedia</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.librem.one/@dos" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dos</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@dpk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dpk</span></a></span> <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>
Bradley Kuhn<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@os_sci" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>os_sci</span></a></span></p><p>Indeed, that's why I've spent my career trying to make sure <a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/copyleft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copyleft</span></a> actually does work.</p><p>Check out <a href="https://sfc.ngo/vizio" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">sfc.ngo/vizio</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> if you're interested in that work.</p><p> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ieji.de/@eruwero" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>eruwero</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/@tusharhero" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tusharhero</span></a></span></p>
Bradley Kuhn<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.targaryen.house/@cerement" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>cerement</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ieji.de/@eruwero" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>eruwero</span></a></span></p><p>Cooption has definitely occurred. It didn't happen because some said “open source” &/or called a system that had both <a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/GNU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GNU</span></a> & <a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> in it “a Linux-based system”.</p><p>It happened mostly because activists from all sides didn't anticipate the capitalist plans to exploit the community.</p><p>Many of us, including myself for a while, were more worried about the words than the policy while that was happening.</p><p><a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/Copyleft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Copyleft</span></a> needs saving. I'm focused on that.</p><p>Cc: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/@tusharhero" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tusharhero</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>pluralistic</span></a></span></p>
Bradley Kuhn<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/@wwahammy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>wwahammy</span></a></span> </p><p>I link again to this so folks know clearly my views on RMS' bad behavior:<br><a href="https://www.ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2019/10/15/fsf-rms.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2019/10/15/</span><span class="invisible">fsf-rms.html</span></a></p><p>The reason I concede the point of RMS' genius is that many of our greatest thinkers throughout history would by toxic people by today's standards. It's lamentable when that becomes clear in the philosophers' lifetime rather than after.</p><p><a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/Copyleft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Copyleft</span></a> remains our best tool to defend & uphold <a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/SoftwareFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SoftwareFreedom</span></a> & it's fact that RMS invented it. Only a genius would have come up with it in 1985.</p>
Bradley Kuhn<p>In the case of <a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a>, though, printed copies should always offer &/or be accompanied with electronic copies. Wikipedia should really be under copyleft and it's not.</p><p>After all, paper printout is but a rudimentary form of DRM.</p><p>I'm not saying CC-BY-SA is useless and shouldn't exist, I'm saying there **is no** <a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/copyleft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copyleft</span></a> in the CC license group. CC even used to encourage photographers license scaled versions CC-BY-SA & keep high quality images proprietary.</p><p>Cc: <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> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wikis.world/@wikipedia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>wikipedia</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.librem.one/@dos" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dos</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@dpk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dpk</span></a></span></p>
Bradley Kuhn<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/@tusharhero" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tusharhero</span></a></span> </p><p>I don't mind answer that question, & before the troll started using racist terms (none of you saw it, I caught it fast), I was about to reply with this:</p><p> for those not following the <a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/copyleft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copyleft</span></a>-<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> list, <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> has said on almost every issue raised that all of it has to be rethought. Both <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> & I have been so busy we've not been able to talk about this, but I'm thinking of taking the license text off the website since most of it'ill change in the next year.</p>
Bradley Kuhn<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ieji.de/@eruwero" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>eruwero</span></a></span> I do regularly post about <a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/copyleft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copyleft</span></a>-<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> work here when work is going on.</p><p>But, this thread might not be the place to discuss it in detail.</p><p>Work is just getting started again after a long hiatus for me & <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><p>Seems some trolls (not you, the now blocked folks) are trying to stop the work before it gets started. 😆</p><p>Anyway, watch <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> for announcements!</p>
Bradley Kuhn<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.coop/@lukeshu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>lukeshu</span></a></span> 😯🥰</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> <a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/copyleft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copyleft</span></a>-next</p>
Bradley Kuhn<p>*Of course* we should insist on <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/AGPLv3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AGPLv3</span></a> & 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>Problem I discovered years ago — to which I have dedicated the part of my work that isn't <a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> fiscal sponsorship — is enforcement of & widespread lack of compliance with <a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/copyleft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copyleft</span></a> licenses.</p><p>Big Tech just ignores the terms & gets away with ignoring users' & consumers' right to repair their software.</p><p>We *are* working hard on this problem: See <a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/Vizio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vizio</span></a>: <a href="https://sfc.ngo/vizio" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">sfc.ngo/vizio</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Cc: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ieji.de/@eruwero" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>eruwero</span></a></span></p>
Bradley Kuhn<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mccoysmith" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mccoysmith</span></a></span></p><p>Suggesting, as you did, that Big Tech is an ally in “right to repair” is classic cooption — same kind of cooption that led to Big Tech exploiting <a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a>,not complying with <a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/copyleft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copyleft</span></a> & <a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/GPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPL</span></a> …even while spokespeople & lawyers for Big Tech lament that FOSS “isn't sustainable”.</p><p>r0ml once put it well as “free as in market, not free as in ride”. Problem is:Big Tech doesn't want a free & fair market for FOSS,so there is no way they want that for right to repair either.<br> Cc: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/@wwahammy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>wwahammy</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.joshtriplett.org/users/josh" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>josh</span></a></span></p>
Bradley Kuhn<p>FOSSY25 licensing panel: I ask:“Why are your corporate clients refusing to give complete, corresponding source&just lie re:‘how hard it is to give us complete,corresponding source’? Budgets are moral documents & no CCS is merely a decision to defund <a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/copyleft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copyleft</span></a> compliance?”<br>Kate Downing's disingenuous answer: compliance is too hard & only reason for noncompliance is confusion. Kate's good at capitalist rhetoric,but that's all it is. <a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/Vizio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vizio</span></a> alone to proves her wrong. <a href="https://sfc.ngo/vizio" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">sfc.ngo/vizio</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Blender Dumbass ( J.Y.Amihud )<p>From: blenderdumbass . org</p><p>A large majority of people confuse privacy with data protection. And lately I'm noticing an uproar of ideologies that claim to be pro-freedom in one way or another, but which threaten freedom as a whole. I think there is a certain copyright mentality to them. Certain misunderstanding of ownership which makes fighting for freed...</p><p>Read or listen: <a href="https://blenderdumbass.org/articles/the_copyright_mentality" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blenderdumbass.org/articles/th</span><span class="invisible">e_copyright_mentality</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copyright</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/endCopyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>endCopyright</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/copyleft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copyleft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/libre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>libre</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/piracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>piracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/dataProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dataProtection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AiArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AiArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a></p>
Bradley Kuhn<p>An employee of Cook/Jobs, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://front-end.social/@jensimmons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jensimmons</span></a></span>, asks on a copylefted platform what she can do improve to <a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/WebKit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WebKit</span></a>.</p><p>The answer is simple: Comply with the LGPLv2.1 —as your track record on that is abysmally poor. Participate with upstream projects rather than manipulating them so you can control them.</p><p>Employees of your company used to be forbidden from talking to FOSS communities. You've spent decades working against <a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/copyleft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copyleft</span></a>. But you now follow Microsoft's plan to “embrace, extend, & extinguish” <a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a>.</p>
Bradley Kuhn<p>Under v3, it's surely a violation,<br><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>.</p><p>GPLv3 group is unique among <a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/copyleft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copyleft</span></a> licenses in that “modify” is defined:<br>> ”To ‘modify’ a work means to copy from or adapt all or part of the work in a fashion requiring copyright permission”</p><p>If you need copyright permission to add the REST API calls (which of course you do), then GPLv3§12 kicks in immediately if Chatgpt's license or ToS or TaC in *any* way contradict GPLv3's terms.</p><p>Bob's your uncle & you violate copyleft.</p><p>Cc: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://freeradical.zone/@suetanvil" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>suetanvil</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@jmax" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jmax</span></a></span></p>
Bradley Kuhn<p>So you know of course the AGPLv3 nor any <a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/copyleft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copyleft</span></a> license would never prohibit anyone from using the software to say anything they want. Even Trump uses AGPLv3 Software now to give us his edicts.</p><p>But, there is something truly uncouth about using a Mastodon instance to encourage people to apply for jobs to proprietarize what is otherwise <a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a>.</p><p>Big Tech and its cronies of course are without honor.</p>
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 & 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>
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