Posts by wickedsmoke@fosstodon.org
 (DIR) Post #AvFmEqbt9msmH2QQUa by wickedsmoke@fosstodon.org
       2025-06-18T11:33:28Z
       
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       @strypey Community building takes time, so blocking early & often is going to hamper such activity.Any healthy system is going to be a set of constraints and freedoms layered over each other.  The limits which define a given community are often seen as overbearing to people who disagree with those standards.I'd only use the word "authoritarian" when a group of people set limits on others that are meant to disenfranchise them.  This is distinct from "normal" constraint and standard setting.
       
 (DIR) Post #B24pkiG8sr5JUmbuS0 by wickedsmoke@fosstodon.org
       2026-01-07T11:56:01Z
       
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       @zkat Capitalists using copyright as a bludgeon are also not completely served by the tool. People ignore copyright all the time (yo ho!), but until its formally abolished I'll use copyleft as a check on it.Copyleft is a statement of intent that you support a commons where sharing is forbidden by default under law.  Its hard to take anyone seriously if they won't even make a formal statement.  Apply 'and' thinking - use all the tools at your disposal.@david_chisnall
       
 (DIR) Post #B24pkkrnBqODa8F0Pg by wickedsmoke@fosstodon.org
       2026-01-07T12:54:46Z
       
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       @david_chisnall @zkat The fact that many companies shun copyleft is exactly what makes it useful.It's much easer to trust those companies that accept and use it. That's the statement of intent at work.Facing whatever complexity that exists with technology and law together ISwhat builds the community.  It's disheartening to see people abandon the fight because some battles were lost.