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Fabián Rodríguez 🛡💾 🇨🇴 🌴<p>Atlas-OS/Atlas: 🚀 Open and lightweight custom Windows builds, designed to optimize performance, privacy and usability. - <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AtlasOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AtlasOS</span></a>, or Atlas, is an open-source project (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MIT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MIT</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GPLv3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPLv3</span></a>)that enhances <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a> by conveniently applying privacy, usability, and performance optimizations, all while maintaining functionality and customizability.</p><p>Get Linux or waste time with this ? Intriguing.</p><p><a href="https://github.com/Atlas-OS/Atlas" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">github.com/Atlas-OS/Atlas</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>via <a href="https://magicfab.ca/liens" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">magicfab.ca/liens</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Edit: I thought this was by Acer and Intel, it's not!</p>
benzogaga33 :verified:<p>Aeryth : Intégrer une AppImage dans un paquet et le bureau <a href="https://linuxfr.org/news/aeryth-integrer-une-appimage-dans-un-paquet-et-le-bureau" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">linuxfr.org/news/aeryth-integr</span><span class="invisible">er-une-appimage-dans-un-paquet-et-le-bureau</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/gestion_de_paquets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gestion_de_paquets</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/packaging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>packaging</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/appimage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>appimage</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>debian</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/gplv3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gplv3</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/bash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bash</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/arch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>arch</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@katyswain" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>katyswain</span></a></span> I din't think that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CCSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CCSS</span></a> is good either, but the demands of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GPLv3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPLv3</span></a> are not compatible with the (adnitteldy shitty) reality of how <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IP</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Licensing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Licensing</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Patents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Patents</span></a> work and thus it kneecaps a lot of things.</p><ul><li><p>GPLv3 caused <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> to freeze their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/bash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bash</span></a> version and divest into <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LLVM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LLVM</span></a> and adopt <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/zsh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zsh</span></a>.</p></li><li><p>As <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> showed, enforcing the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPL</span></a>(v2) resulted in exactly 0 code being committed to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BusyBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BusyBox</span></a> and it only made said project look toxic and litigatious. </p></li><li><p>Also i've yet to see anything happen re: <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/paywalled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paywalled</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SourceCodeAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SourceCodeAccess</span></a> for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/grsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grsec</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RedHat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RedHat</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a>. Maybe <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GPLv4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPLv4</span></a> will ban <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/paxwalling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paxwalling</span></a> and force violators to work on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GNU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GNU</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HURD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HURD</span></a>?</p></li></ul><p>I chose <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/0BSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>0BSD</span></a> for _OS/1337 because as with any "intellectual labour", <em>one cannot force others to collaborate</em> and I'd rather have people join in out of the goodness of their hearts instead of just dumping <em>some random git commit</em> that is useless.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OS1337" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OS1337</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@katyswain" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>katyswain</span></a></span> I think <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GPLv3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPLv3</span></a> did more harm than good due to being a later version of the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPL</span></a> and thus causing <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LicensingConflicts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LicensingConflicts</span></a>.</p><ul><li>Worse even: many parts of it are inherently incompatible with how <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IP</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Patents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Patents</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Licensing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Licensing</span></a> works that if caused problems for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GPLv2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPLv2</span></a> as well.</li></ul><p>There's a reason why I've chosen <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/0BSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>0BSD</span></a> over GPLv3 in many newer projects and even consider changing said license on those that I am the sole contributor of...</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>
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>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2114818/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2114818/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Garanti BBVA Romania offers real-time RON transfers with Allevo <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Allevo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Allevo</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FinTechNewsEurope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FinTechNewsEurope</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FinTPInstant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FinTPInstant</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GarantiBBVARomania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GarantiBBVARomania</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GPLv3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPLv3</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/InstantPayments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InstantPayments</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PaymentProcessing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PaymentProcessing</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RealTimeDigitalPayments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RealTimeDigitalPayments</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/romania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>romania</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/stiri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stiri</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/stp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stp</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Swift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Swift</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TransFonD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransFonD</span></a></p>
aaron<p>GrapheneOS: Where Licenses Matter More Than People</p><p>I chose to write this.<br>Link removed<br><a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/GrapheneOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GrapheneOS</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/Accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Accessibility</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/Blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blind</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/DisabilityTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DisabilityTech</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/Inclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Inclusion</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/GPLv3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPLv3</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/espeak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>espeak</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/a11y" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>a11y</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/Security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Security</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSoftware</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/DisabilityRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DisabilityRights</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/Rant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rant</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/TechShame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechShame</span></a></p><p>**update**: If you are using this post as some kind of call-to-action to harass and attack the GOS developers, please don't.</p><p>That damages everyone. You, them, and myself. It's not helpful.</p><p>**Update two**. I have made the decision to pull this post. It is not a good starting-point for a discussion, and just encourages defensiveness on both sides – when there really aren't sides here at all.</p><p>As a FOSS contributor, I am deeply ashamed at the way I approached this out of frustration.</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hsnl.social/@eloy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>eloy</span></a></span> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPL</span></a> wors poorly for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a>, thus I recommend using <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@creativecommons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>creativecommons</span></a></span> instead.</p><ul><li>I.e. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CCBYSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CCBYSA</span></a> would be roughly <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GPLv3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPLv3</span></a>-alike.</li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NotLegalAdvice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NotLegalAdvice</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<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> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://todon.nl/@burnoutqueen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>burnoutqueen</span></a></span> Yeah...</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GPLv3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPLv3</span></a> is a desaster as it's 99% ideology and 1% license text and alongside <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AGPLv3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AGPLv3</span></a> completely ignores the reality of how <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/licensing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>licensing</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/patents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>patents</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IP</span></a> works.</p><ul><li>Not that I like the status-quo, but we'd rather see businesses steer clear of anything GPLv2+ or GPLv3 or worse.</li></ul><p>And on the flipside we basically get <em>"source available"</em> stuff like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SSPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SSPL</span></a> which only serves as a means to commit <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AssetDenial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AssetDenial</span></a> and monopolize commercial offerings...</p><ul><li>I think <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> being <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GPLv2only" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPLv2only</span></a> is a good compromise and my personal gripes with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FSF</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GNUtils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GNUtils</span></a> as well as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GlibC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GlibC</span></a> are something different...</li></ul>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/FreeSoftwareFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSoftwareFoundation</span></a> rides to defend <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/AGPLv3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AGPLv3</span></a> against <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Neo4j" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Neo4j</span></a> license add-ons<br>FOSS bods file amicus brief in hope of preserving core <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/GNU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GNU</span></a> tenet of freedom forever<br> "At stake is the future of not just the AGPLv3, but the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/FSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FSF</span></a>'s widely used GNU Public License it is largely based on, and the software covered by those agreements." <br><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/04/free_software_foundation_agplv3/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theregister.com/2025/03/04/fre</span><span class="invisible">e_software_foundation_agplv3/</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/GPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPL</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/GPLv3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPLv3</span></a></p>
happyborg<p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Autonomi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Autonomi</span></a> have announced their decentralised peer-to-peer storage network.</p><p>The big deal here is:<br>- Autonomi nodes run on anything (Raspberry Pi, an old laptop, home server, whatever) so anyone can participate<br>- maximal <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/decentralisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>decentralisation</span></a>, security and privacy<br>- storage for a one-off fee ensures data and websites will not be lost, link rot won't happen and developers have the ability to scale without infrastructure costs or VC funding</p><p><a href="https://www.einpresswire.com/article/774326011/david-irvine-to-finally-launch-his-decentralized-internet" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">einpresswire.com/article/77432</span><span class="invisible">6011/david-irvine-to-finally-launch-his-decentralized-internet</span></a><br><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/p2p" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>p2p</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/decentralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>decentralization</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/GPLv3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPLv3</span></a></p>
find you on :butterfedy1: fediverse<p><strong>Upgrade to <a class="hashtag" href="https://wizard.casa/collections/tags/gplv4" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GPLv4</a>?</strong></p><p>Nothing wrong with <a class="hashtag" href="https://wizard.casa/collections/tags/gplv3" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GPLv3</a>, but I feel it does need to be updated to specifically make it unlawful to put the code on any repository owned or operated by an entity that is engaging in software theft (eg. Micros(ha)ft servers). That means no code on git-hub(dot) com.... includes forks and mirrors obviously.</p><p>Microsoft supports <a class="hashtag" href="https://wizard.casa/collections/tags/softwaretheft" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#softwareTheft</a> via their so-called "ai".</p><p><em>(NOTE: The new license wouldn't need to add anything about "AI" because the existing license is clear, but it <strong>probably should</strong> explicitly name micros(ha)ft as barred for the sake of clarity.)</em></p><p><span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" href="https://mastodon.xyz/@rms" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@rms</a></span> <span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" href="https://hostux.social/@fsf" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@fsf</a></span> <span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" href="https://shitposter.world/users/jeffcliff" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@jeffcliff</a></span> <span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" href="https://mitra.social/users/silverpill" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@silverpill</a></span> <span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" href="https://freesoftwareextremist.com/users/r" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@r</a></span></p>
Leafy Greens<p>This is wildly ambitious of me, but who wants to join me in creating a <a href="https://meow.social/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> alternative to discord? I believe that we can break the cycle of enshittification by being <a href="https://meow.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> . This is a massive undertaking, though, and I can't do it alone.</p><p>Please boost to spread the word, and reply if you're interested in joining.</p><p><a href="https://meow.social/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>software</span></a> <a href="https://meow.social/tags/development" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>development</span></a> <a href="https://meow.social/tags/GPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPL</span></a> <a href="https://meow.social/tags/GPLv2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPLv2</span></a> <a href="https://meow.social/tags/GPLv3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPLv3</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://veganism.social/@beforewisdom" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>beforewisdom</span></a></span> np.</p><p>Feel free to try out <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fish</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/zsh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zsh</span></a>...</p><p>The latter one became <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/macOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>macOS</span></a>'s Standard after <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/bash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bash</span></a> went <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GPLv3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPLv3</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> froze the Version of bash for half a decade.</p><p>And with suites like <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OhMyZsh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OhMyZsh</span></a> one can really rice that setup harder than <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/neovim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neovim</span></a> + <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/nvChad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nvChad</span></a>... </p><p>AFAIK <span class="h-card"><a href="https://oxytodon.com/@fuchsiii" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>fuchsiii</span></a></span> is rocking that setup...</p>