Posts by eruwero@ieji.de
(DIR) Post #AwtOXAjT5tOsC2Btp2 by eruwero@ieji.de
2025-08-06T12:02:29Z
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@bkuhn I don't care too much about nontechnical people using wrong or misleading terms when it comes to this, but at least the people putting together the actual OSes (i.e. distributions) should be honest enough to call it what it is (whether it's #GNU or #BSD, based on #Linux or not, etc.). They should know better. But I guess the sponsors don't like that.
(DIR) Post #AxSfUJHVLqwjakvhQm by eruwero@ieji.de
2025-08-23T12:22:25Z
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@Suiseiseki @realCheGnuevara why is it proprietary?
(DIR) Post #AxSiaHY10g75oaBwZs by eruwero@ieji.de
2025-08-23T12:54:48Z
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@Suiseiseki @realCheGnuevara yeah I don't get why some instances seem to get blocked based on differing opinions (also on other instances, not just mastodon.social). What are good instances in your opinion that don't censor for no reason but are still well moderated, use only free software and respect privacy? I chose this one mainly for privacy reasons and the onion service, but I don't have an overview of the fediverse at all
(DIR) Post #AxVOo45iQEjUWe84i8 by eruwero@ieji.de
2025-08-24T20:09:27Z
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@Suiseiseki @teto other question: will GNU/Linux operating systems ever be dominant in consumer desktop computers? If so, would it be just some abomination with non-free binary blobs that's not much better than Windows?
(DIR) Post #AxWfpEeYX0Ldx2WsoC by eruwero@ieji.de
2025-08-25T10:52:26Z
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@Suiseiseki @teto @lispi314 Hurd would be nice
(DIR) Post #AxebzMkIS8YLOTT8ym by eruwero@ieji.de
2025-08-22T20:22:48Z
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@justinf and why?
(DIR) Post #AxebzOIMgxOmCQPrii by eruwero@ieji.de
2025-08-22T20:35:04Z
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@justinf what kind of freedom?
(DIR) Post #AxebzPidOm0QcBiMIy by eruwero@ieji.de
2025-08-22T21:09:12Z
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@justinf in some sense yes, but the #GPL focuses on freedom for the users of the software to run, modify, share the software, study the source code etc. And it prevents others from restricting that freedom by making more restrictive derivatives (#copyleft). It's not about the freedom for other developers to use the code for whatever they want, which seems to be the focus of the MIT license and some others. That's an important distinction IMO#freesoftware #foss #floss #opensource
(DIR) Post #AxebzRT6tSmC2cSzNw by eruwero@ieji.de
2025-08-23T03:14:22Z
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@justinf companies/developers can also use #GPL code for whatever their use-case may be, they just have to also use the GPL for their code. IMO that provides way more freedom than MIT
(DIR) Post #AxebzSt1cb6GRHbCPw by eruwero@ieji.de
2025-08-23T14:36:49Z
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@justinf for what functionality would nonfree software be beneficial for users?
(DIR) Post #AxebzUGSUxRGiFZQa8 by eruwero@ieji.de
2025-08-23T15:32:48Z
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@justinf software that doesn't respect user's freedoms. I would use the FSF definition with freedom to run, study, change, improve, distribute the software (https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html), but you could also define what you mean with "closed off" and we can argue based on that
(DIR) Post #AxebzVZzboesn7iXfU by eruwero@ieji.de
2025-08-28T19:42:00Z
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@justinf I understand your take that the MIT license gives more freedom to developers because they don't have to use the same license for derivative work. And it doesn't matter for users short term because they can do with the software what they want whether it uses #MIT or #GPL. But the point is that MIT is worse for users overall (and by extension future developers) exactly because it doesn't restrict other developers in choosing the terms for derivative software.#freesoftware
(DIR) Post #AxebzWE3CshWnMSX6e by eruwero@ieji.de
2025-08-28T19:43:17Z
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@justinf This means they can easily make derivatives that for whatever reason appear slightly better than the original (either actual improvements, or just nicer interface or better marketing campaign (maybe because a multi-billion dollar company does it)) and publish it under a proprietary license. Then users of those derivatives have no freedom whatsoever.#freesoftware
(DIR) Post #AxebzWvIc5IOxUh4W8 by eruwero@ieji.de
2025-08-28T19:44:58Z
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@justinf So IMO the MIT license is great for companies that want to exploit the #opensource community because they can do whatever they want with code other people write for free and magically turn it into money by selling meaningless licenses of derivatives. But it doesn't help at all if the goal is actual #SoftwareFreedom.So people should just stop claiming it is, and admit that the point is that #bigtech companies can continue to abuse the system. Just be honest.#freesoftware #GPL #copyleft
(DIR) Post #AxebzYLZJtu3NFzZ6O by eruwero@ieji.de
2025-08-23T03:18:11Z
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@justinf It's a bit weird IMO to claim that MIT gives more freedom when the only argument seems to be that it makes it easier for others to build non-free stuff. How can that be good for freedom?#freesoftware #foss #opensource
(DIR) Post #B0t2slh7yF84eUIZXc by eruwero@ieji.de
2025-12-03T23:33:13Z
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@davidrevoy please let's just all go back to the original book of spells: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structure_and_Interpretation_of_Computer_Programs#SICP #lisp #scheme #programming
(DIR) Post #B0u1r6uEENhJ3w22hU by eruwero@ieji.de
2025-12-04T10:56:56Z
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@davidrevoy @wakame yes it's pretty expensive unfortunatelyBtw the recordings of the original lectures are still available too. The most magical lecture is the one about the metacircular evaluator :)https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/6-001-structure-and-interpretation-of-computer-programs-spring-2005/video_galleries/video-lectures/
(DIR) Post #B17dy2Nhm2rGN01pRI by eruwero@ieji.de
2025-12-11T00:35:52Z
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@tomjennings @aral the free software movement was/is about freedom, but I agree that open source or FOSS doesn't necessarily mean it's about freedom.
(DIR) Post #B2HJTewvGXi6pQvMJM by eruwero@ieji.de
2026-01-14T13:50:46Z
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@GossiTheDog so now they are after comedian jobs as well?
(DIR) Post #B2NLQdcp69Yei3yACW by eruwero@ieji.de
2026-01-17T12:15:02Z
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@aral @MonaApp love it, there must be some real geniuses at work at apple. Steve Jobs would be proud.