Posts by TheSteve0@data-folks.masto.host
(DIR) Post #AToxsW4BY88bA0uBZQ by TheSteve0@data-folks.masto.host
2023-03-20T22:40:04Z
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@kairyssdal Totally a generational thang'My fiance's kids told her the same and we were both like what what?It's a quick and easy way to say "got it and it sounds good to me".Kids today and their emojis - I tell ya, back in the day...
(DIR) Post #AULdX3fOFklO3OGr4K by TheSteve0@data-folks.masto.host
2023-04-05T16:57:18Z
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@tante The corollary to this is:Therefore we see how much Silicon Valley Bros think they are better than the rest of humanity.
(DIR) Post #AUPtBTo7NW7s4g01SK by TheSteve0@data-folks.masto.host
2023-04-07T17:42:38Z
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@simon Actually I would tell people that all that ChatGPT does is make predictions and often it gets those predictions wrong. Wait - I actually did tell people that 😀 https://thesteve0.blog/2023/03/28/what-chatgpt-is-not/I think today I will try to spend some time on writing why I am excited about ChatGPT
(DIR) Post #AVJHgnpzvZyAoMZvlo by TheSteve0@data-folks.masto.host
2023-05-03T22:02:55Z
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I am not understanding what #calckey is. 1. It seems like it is a rewrite/alternative server to the mastodon server. Looks to be written in Rust. It is a fork of #misskey, which seems to be written in typsescript2. But since it uses ActvityPub, it's interoperable with Mastodon 3. Seems like you can't migrate your Mastodon account over. So basically an alternative microblogging interface to the fediverse with different server software. This is getting really interesting and 🤯
(DIR) Post #AVJHgodGyNNvHBdHZg by TheSteve0@data-folks.masto.host
2023-05-03T22:09:00Z
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It is really starting to show the power of the Fediverse. We don't even have to use the same backend server to talk and be friends with each other.But I guess this also means they are free to implement blocklists and such however they want. And Mastodon admins actually have to worry about ALL servers in the Fediverse. Meaning blocklists need to include pixelfed, calckey, misskey, and any new ActivityFeed server types that show upWow, just wow
(DIR) Post #AVJHgtOvF9sQ47xOOu by TheSteve0@data-folks.masto.host
2023-05-03T22:14:30Z
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One last realization. This means, that as long as I use ActivityFeed (or #ActivityPub still haven't dug in to that level yet), I could write my own custom client to ALL THE FEDIVERSE - not just Mastodon. For example, I could write GISkey, it could be a client focused on sharing maps, GIS data, and prefilters to only show fediverse posts tagged with #GIS. Still need to think through this more.Am I grokking this correctly. Help me @andypiper, @evan you two are my only hope 😄
(DIR) Post #AYf2snlSNMGfwHbkDw by TheSteve0@data-folks.masto.host
2023-08-12T15:22:44Z
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My controversial hot take:People so wrapped up in "no restrictions on field of use" for Open Source are stuck in the same logic as people who say Free speech means you can say whatever you want in public. Popper's Tolerance Paradox or whatever you want to call it. Hyperscalers parasitizing and monopolizing revenue of FOSS projects is NOT OK. Sure sure, I know, FOSS is not a business model. Keep ignoring the problem and we will end up with much less #FOSS[Updated to focus the argument]
(DIR) Post #AYf2soYjQ9gQP6f61o by TheSteve0@data-folks.masto.host
2023-08-12T15:40:14Z
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My controversial request:#OSI helps craft a license that is tightly worded on preventing hyperscalers from monopolizing revenues in a FOSS ecosystem. Make a good, tight definition so there is clarity and consensus on what the license means and restricts. But more debate about what is and is not open source is actually hurting a lot of people who create and use Open Source. Maybe it is not #OSI, but some respected entity should step in here.
(DIR) Post #AYf5CJ3qRKQ0PjdYbA by TheSteve0@data-folks.masto.host
2023-08-12T15:43:49Z
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@msw Nope nope nope. That is fine in the ivory tower world." And that is fine for what Freedom meant to THOSE people. But for many of us non-hyperscaler users OR people who want to release open-source and make it their living - that is not the freedom they care about.Again, keep mischaracterizing the problem and you keep making yourself irrelevant. OR be fine that FOSS will decline and BSL will be the rising license for many new project. Solve the problem, don't nitpick freedom
(DIR) Post #AYf5CLCmT4kr41pinw by TheSteve0@data-folks.masto.host
2023-08-12T15:47:59Z
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@msw Which they seem to be doing right now. The lack of some respected entity coming in and tightly defining a license that prevents hyperscaler monopolization is really causing a lot of pain and confusion in the community. I guess BSL licenses will now start to go through the Cambrian Explosion of licenses in the late 90s - early 00s
(DIR) Post #AYf5COOEcwhQwQDPZg by TheSteve0@data-folks.masto.host
2023-08-12T15:59:17Z
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@msw If you put hyperscalers on one side and new or smaller FOSS projects on the other side. Once hyperscalers start monetizing that FOSS project the majority of the revenue in that ecosystem will flow to the hyperscalers. In this new hosted software market - this cripples the inventors from turning their idea into a viable business. Are you being obtuse about the problems MongoDB, HashiCorp, ElasticSearch... have clearly and fairly pointed out?
(DIR) Post #AYf5CQn7hNnQOBsJe4 by TheSteve0@data-folks.masto.host
2023-08-12T16:10:48Z
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@msw Not fixing this problem will lead to a rise of BSL, or even worse, a rise in proprietary software. Hyperscaler hosted software is "something you must buy" that the user "can't understand, can't fix," and can't use (because it is controlled by the hyperscaler hosting it) - Eblen's ideas modified for our new cloud world. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eben_Moglen#Statements_and_perspectivesHyperscaler selling hosted FOSS prevents the founders from growing a business will just hurt FOSS and, by extension, users.
(DIR) Post #AYf5CTa7KCAv2ioTI0 by TheSteve0@data-folks.masto.host
2023-08-12T16:16:55Z
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You mean OSI license approved FOSS communities. And to them I say - sorry but Open Source has a very broad meaning. Stick the OSI part in front of what you want to protect.For everyone but hyperscalers, when done as intended, these new licenses retain all my freedoms and help support the open source technology I love to thrive. Right now, the OSI licenses allow hyperscalers to further consolidate power and stifle some of the motivation for innovation.
(DIR) Post #AYfOcPlM2lK3rE9QzQ by TheSteve0@data-folks.masto.host
2023-08-12T20:05:44Z
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@immibis @kfogel @msw That is an interesting cherry pick from the FAQ"10. What are the usage limitations for HashiCorp’s products under BSL?All non-production uses are permitted. All production uses are allowed other than hosting or embedding the software in an offering competitive with HashiCorp products or services."https://www.hashicorp.com/license-faq#What-are-the-usage-limitations-for-HashiCorp's-products-under-BSLAnd I agree it's a bad situation. One I put at the feet of the old guard and hyperscalers
(DIR) Post #AYfOcS0fgmlMpJKh8q by TheSteve0@data-folks.masto.host
2023-08-12T20:18:28Z
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@immibis @kfogel @msw all the people favoring and boosting my post Do you not acknowledge that these licenses arose because of the way in which hyperscalers hosted some open source projects?
(DIR) Post #AYfOcUKx2MAo2mpv1s by TheSteve0@data-folks.masto.host
2023-08-12T20:28:06Z
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@immibis @kfogel @msw postgresql is owned by a foundation and Oracle could care less about MySQL. That's a different use case and I think OSI licenses work great for them. To be clear OSI licenses are my favorite. But I respect what Hashicorp is doing and still consider their software open source. I do think their license is a bit broad by including not-hosted but commercially competitive as restricted
(DIR) Post #AYfOcY1bKF4VTvoWQK by TheSteve0@data-folks.masto.host
2023-08-12T20:38:08Z
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@msw @immibis @kfogel but I would argue having 3 800 lb gorillas controlling that much of the market is not good for users OR open source in general (note the lack of the OSI approved 😄)
(DIR) Post #AYhk2Oa5Xvyt4j20Ke by TheSteve0@data-folks.masto.host
2023-08-13T23:10:34Z
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@kfogel @msw I need to issue a mea culpa. I went back and read the "base" BSL 1.1 license (without any "Additional Use Grant"). WOOOHWEEEE that certainly doesn't smell like Open Source to me. Actually smells a lot like shit to me - no production use WTFSo I will not use the phrase "BSL open source" ever. For me, the hashicorp additional use grants bring it into the realm of "open source" for my sniff test. 1/x
(DIR) Post #AYhk2QO6pRaSg9RSwC by TheSteve0@data-folks.masto.host
2023-08-13T23:18:28Z
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@kfogel @msw I do think there is a disconnect between what the "one true definition" call Open Source and it's general understanding in large parts of the technology community. I also want to point out that Mastodon, given it's origin and who it attracts, is a pretty strong echo chamber on this issue. I still think the dilemma of:Hyperscaler abuse vs Healthy Open Source ecosystemis real and unresolved.2/x
(DIR) Post #AYhk2S5OVznzwghY2q by TheSteve0@data-folks.masto.host
2023-08-13T23:23:33Z
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@kfogel @msw There are two competing higher goods for me in this case.I am generally opposed to proprietary softwareI am generally opposed to immense consolidations of power. I know AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud compete fiercely. But given the lockin issues I raised yesterday, I see them as a single entity against new people trying to grow a business on their open source project. Anyway, still more to work out. Again, thanks for good convo yesterday3/3