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Kevin Karhan :verified:

@landley @burnoutqueen Yeah...

#GPLv3 is a desaster as it's 99% ideology and 1% license text and alongside #AGPLv3 completely ignores the reality of how #licensing and #patents and #IP works.

  • Not that I like the status-quo, but we'd rather see businesses steer clear of anything GPLv2+ or GPLv3 or worse.

And on the flipside we basically get "source available" stuff like #SSPL which only serves as a means to commit #AssetDenial and monopolize commercial offerings...

#linux#gplv2only#fsf
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100% TAX ✅ ✅

@baris

I'm an excited user about the fediverse that was testing out try.nodebb.org and did some tests and liked it!

Even this is sort of a test but also a post about myself being a "NodeBB User", a federated user.

Perhaps the line gets blurred when we are all in the fediverse.

I've been impressed so far by NodeBB and only recently *also* realized you are a FLOSS GPLv3 project.

My emotional state: speechless

#NodeBB#speechless#GPLv3
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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬

#FreeSoftwareFoundation rides to defend #AGPLv3 against #Neo4j license add-ons
FOSS bods file amicus brief in hope of preserving core #GNU tenet of freedom forever
"At stake is the future of not just the AGPLv3, but the #FSF's widely used GNU Public License it is largely based on, and the software covered by those agreements."
theregister.com/2025/03/04/fre #GPL #GPLv3

The Register · Free Software Foundation rides to defend AGPLv3 against Neo4j license add-onsBy Thomas Claburn
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happyborg

#Autonomi have announced their decentralised peer-to-peer storage network.

The big deal here is:
- Autonomi nodes run on anything (Raspberry Pi, an old laptop, home server, whatever) so anyone can participate
- maximal #decentralisation, security and privacy
- 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

einpresswire.com/article/77432
#p2p #decentralization #FOSS #GPLv3

EIN Presswire · David Irvine to Finally Launch his Decentralized InternetBy Gill McLaughlin
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find you on :butterfedy1: fediverse

Upgrade to #GPLv4?

Nothing wrong with #GPLv3, 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.

Microsoft supports #softwareTheft via their so-called "ai".

(NOTE: The new license wouldn't need to add anything about "AI" because the existing license is clear, but it probably should explicitly name micros(ha)ft as barred for the sake of clarity.)

@rms @fsf @jeffcliff @silverpill @r

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find you on :butterfedy1: fediverse

was just chewing the fat with someone and we realized it would be good to have an "Accepted-license" header in #HTTP.

It would mean that u could ask for a response IF AND ONLY IF the response is of a particular license.

Accepted-licence: AGPLv3, GPLv3, BSD, CC0, CC-BY-SA-4.0

and then the server will respond with:
License: <<ONE OF THE ABOVE>>

....it wouldn't solve the privacy/anonymity issues of networked services but at least would force vendors claiming #FOSS to put it in writing (it should already be in writing but this would just make it persistent and mean that a person would need to periodically check what is published on a site).

dunno tho, this might already be a thing and just noone does it, lol

#agplv3 #gplv3 #bsd #cc0 #ccBySA4p0 @silverpill @jeffcliff @thendrix @rms

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Thorsten Leemhuis (acct. 1/4)

TIL: @tuxedocomputers released #Linux #kernel drivers for their machines under the #GPLv3, which makes it impossible for competitors and distros to ship them pre-compiled, as that license is incompatible with the #LinuxKernel's #GPLv2 only license.

They did this purposely, allegedly to "keep control of the upstream pacing" – and want to re-license the code while upstreaming.

github.com/tuxedocomputers/tux

gitlab.com/tuxedocomputers/dev

gitlab.com/tuxedocomputers/dev

gitlab.com/tuxedocomputers/dev

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:awesome: Leo :mastodon:🇲🇽

@nubesurrealista La #FSF lo notó, desde el caso TiVo, por eso propuso la #GPLv3 y por eso, ahora que está en auge la IA, se "entiende" que siga habiendo mucho software "open source" que no ha adoptado un modelo de licencia que proteja las cuatro libertades sin desproteger a las autoras y a la comunidad ante los abusos corporativos de los huecos legales.

es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tivoizac

es.wikipedia.orgTivoización - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre
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gyptazy

Do you already know #ProxLB for #Proxmox clusters?

ProxLB is fully #opensource and brings some additional features into Proxmox that you might be missing after migrating from #Broadcom #VMware just like #DRS or #StorageDRS. This is where ProxLB jumps in and offers #loadbalancing features - free and opensource under the #GPLv3. ProxLB is packaged, can be installed from a .deb file, repository or run as an orchestrator in a container and fully utilizes the Proxmox API without any ssh access.

#homelab #enterprise #enterprisefeatures #virtualization #alternatives #vm #vns #virtualmachines #loadbalancer

github.com/gyptazy/ProxLB

GitHubGitHub - gyptazy/ProxLB: ProxLB - (Re)Balance VM Workloads Across Nodes in Proxmox Clusters. A Load Balancer for Proxmox - and more!ProxLB - (Re)Balance VM Workloads Across Nodes in Proxmox Clusters. A Load Balancer for Proxmox - and more! - gyptazy/ProxLB
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chibi-[N]ah🇫🇷 :gold_account:

Shitstorm incoming…
#Duckstation a changé sa licence en une licence proprio. Ok, leur code, leur volonté.
Mais en passant de GPLv3 à licence proprio dont je me fous du nom, ils violent la licence #Qt, qui dit explicitement : Qt ok pour projets open source, à condition que ledit projet soit aussi en #GPLv3.
Et Duckstation utilise Qt... "DuckStation features a fully-featured frontend build using Qt…"

qt.io/licensing/open-source-lg

www.qt.ioQt - Obligations of the GPL and LGPL What you need to know before choosing a Qt open source license. The Qt framework is dual-licensed, with commercial & open-source licenses available.
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