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From: blenderdumbass . org
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...
Read or listen: https://blenderdumbass.org/articles/the_copyright_mentality
@bkuhn any advice for choosing #copyleft #licenses for #Rust code?
In a recent thread you mentioned #LGPL and I'm curious about templating.
In my understanding it's not possible for the user to replace just the LGPLd library on their system, so it's effectively the same as #GPL .
I chose #MPL 2.0 instead.
Same problem exists in C++ template-only libraries, but I found no ultimate guide.
Are you aware of any?
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I liked Stefano's summary too.
I'm considering to move to the #BSD camp (I'm a user of #Debian #GNU / #Linux since the age of Potato), but my only concern with BSDs is their historical issues with #copyleft. A topic that unfortunately Stefano did not wrote about.
Yet I understand it's a can of worms.
CC: @stefano@bsd.cafe
I'm considering to move to the #BSD camp (I'm a user of #Debian #GNU / #Linux since the age of Potato), but my only concern with BSDs is their historical issues with #copyleft. A topic that unfortunately Stefano did not wrote about.
Yet I understand it's a can of worms.
CC: @stefano@bsd.cafe
I want every program that’s required to participate productively in society to be #FreeSoftware
Because Free Software allows me to avoid direct remote control of what I can do. And it enables me to help others with my #programming skills.
That’s why I think we need #copyleft. Ideally the #AGPL, because only that keeps webservices free. And those are programs, too.
(a discussion got me thinking why I contribute to FLOSS projects; besides wanting to share what I create, this is the reason)
By requiring modified and extended versions of software to remain free, cpyleft ensures that software remains free for all its users, not just some of them. https://www.gnu.org/licenses/copyleft.en.html #FreeSoftware #SoftwareFreedom #GNU #GPL #Copyleft
www.gnu.orgWhat is Copyleft? - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation
#GNU and the #FSF have been fighting for copyleft the past decades. But if you look at their financial statement, you’ll see that their paid staff are just a dozen people. All the others are volunteers.
The Tor project alone has more employees than the FSF. Github has almost 6000 employees. Six thousand.
So the advocates for #copyleft must be us. We can’t point at the FSF and say “they didn’t do it”. They provide resources. We have to use them to protect our freedom as users.
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Evolution of existing #copyleft licenses isn't urgent as they do address the issues in this thread pretty well.
The missing part wasn't in the license drafting, but in (a) writing of technically irresistible code under those licenses, & in (b) enforcing the license vigorously if the agreements are breached.
We didn't do enough of (a) & (b) for 20 years & now we're here.
I & my colleagues are plugging away as best we can about all this & we're always open to suggestions.
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@mjg59 @greg @glyph
IMO most comments you're making are about the elephant (er, gnu) in the room. That's certainly a serious problem, but FWIW, I & my colleagues at @conservancy work arduously to leverage #copyleft to defend users against bad corporate behavior & regain user control of your own stuff (rather than mere rhetoric).
Our Vizio suit seeks to adjudicate users' rights to install on their hardware & keep junk out of landfills merely because vendor drops support.
https://sfconservancy.org/vizio
sfconservancy.orgCopyleft Compliance Projects - Software Freedom ConservancyThe Software Freedom Conservancy provides a non-profit home and services to Free, Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) projects.
The concept of "intellectual property" is the most silver-spoon-up-your-ass prep-school-rich-kid because-I-said-so authoritarian arbitrary-power-tripping bonkers banana pants bull shit I have ever fucking heard.
I need a support group for people as pissed off as I am at corporations like Apple for keeping as many people as they do from making the most of modern computing while extracting as much as possible from those people.
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@renan I agree with you in general, but there are some things that have to be said:
IP has four columns:
* patent
* copyright
* licence
* trade mark
Your points particularly address the 'patent' perspective, but also 'copyright' and 'licence'. However, the latter two can also be 'turned' to use in our favour for #OpenSource/#FLOSS (e.g. #CopyLeft).
But in the usual expression as applied by the commercial world, these *all* are pretty bad. And (software) patents just should *NOT* exist!
"The Fourth Wall" collage by me, licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Turning modified or extended versions of free software into proprietary software goes against our goal of eliminating proprietary software. It keeps users trapped, denying them the freedoms they deserve. If you're modifying free software, respect that freedom - keep it free. If you won't, then don't make it at all. Freedom for all users matters more. https://u.fsf.org/user-liberation #FreeSoftware #SoftwareFreedom #Copyleft
u.fsf.orgUser Liberation: Watch and share our new video — Free Software Foundation — Working together for free software
#Appealscourt may kill a #GNU #GPL software license
If #appellatecourt upholds Neo4j v. PureThink decision, which endorsed database maker #Neo4j's right to amend GNU Affero General Public License, version 3 (#AGPL), governing use of its software with new binding terms, current assumptions about enforceability of #copyleft licenses will no longer apply. Issue before appeals court boils down to the right to remove contractual restrictions added to the terms of the #APGLv3.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/27/adverse_appeals_court_ruling_could/
The Register · FYI: An appeals court may kill a GNU GPL software license
we took copies, but we didn't share .. quite a defense .. #shadowlibraries #copyright #copyleft https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/02/meta-defends-its-vast-book-torrenting-were-just-a-leech-no-proof-of-seeding/
Ars Technica · Meta defends its vast book torrenting: We’re just a leech, no proof of seeding
Has anyone done a legal assessment of the impact of Creative Commons licensing on LLM's? It seems to me that if an LLM ingests content that is CC BY it must include the Attribution on any output that used the CC content for training. It must also make that output available under the same license. Either CC licensing matters, or it doesn't.
#CreativeCommons #LLM #LLMs #AI #Licensing #Copyright #Copyleft
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Free Software Day, let's give a shoutout to @conservancy for their tireless work in copyleft compliance. The GPL and other copyleft licenses are only as strong as their enforcement, and their work keeps free software free. #ILoveFS #Copyleft #SoftwareFreedom #FreeSoftware
Let's not just make software free; let's keep it free. Copyleft ensures that once software is liberated, it stays that way. On this I Free Software Day, let's celebrate the power of the GPL and other copyleft licenses in protecting our rights! 
#ILoveFS #Copyleft #SoftwareFreedom #FreeSoftware