Post APQTbX8V9PKYfTnOnQ by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
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(DIR) Post #APQT3oOUTogWLYC8um by janef0421@mastodon.nz
2022-11-08T19:36:17Z
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The insecure "software supply chain" is the result of large corporations incorporating open-source software into their highly profitable, mass market software, without providing resources to those open-source projects. The only real solution is to provide those resources to those projects, but since this is a cost-cutting measure, that is unlikely to happen.
(DIR) Post #APQT3opmqKWFiCxwSe by janef0421@mastodon.nz
2022-11-08T19:38:01Z
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It reminds me of Capitalist recuperation, but instead of the recuperation of ideological movements, this is the recuperation of alternative forms of production into a source of free labour to drive profits; A sort of economic recuperation.
(DIR) Post #APQT3pExKkeUyGk2gy by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2022-11-09T11:33:18Z
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@janef0421Folks have suggested a couple of strategies for reducing this corporate freeloading on the free code commons. One is the use of strong copyleft licenses - GPL or AGPL for server-side stuff - which legally oblige companies to share source code for their modifications under the same license. This tends to freak out corporate lawyers, who will advise their clients to either not use it, or pay for an exemption to the copyleft licenses. (1/2)
(DIR) Post #APQTbX8V9PKYfTnOnQ by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2022-11-09T11:39:28Z
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@janef0421A more ambitious strategy is Platform Cooperativism, in which digital platforms are owned and run democratically by their workers or users, or both. Where they use free code developed elsewhere, especially by other co-ops, they're more inclined to contribute back. Examples include social.coop, which runs a Mastadon instance and meet.coop, which provides video conferencing using BigBlueButton.More info here:https://platform.coop/voices/stories(2/2)