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Antoine MoreauÉditions Scions du bois,
https://editions-scions-du-bois.com/
divers ouvrages de votre serviteur sous Licence Art Libre @artlibre
#artlibre #copyleft #serviteur
https://editions-scions-du-bois.com/
divers ouvrages de votre serviteur sous Licence Art Libre @artlibre
#artlibre #copyleft #serviteur
Scott McCartyMaffulli's thesis: AI is the completion of GPL's promise. GPL freed the code, but most people still couldn't exercise that freedom. AI collapses the cost of development, enabling individual agency over the machine.
Proof: I'm building Roots of The Valley (https://rootsofthevalley.org) — an open source map. Solo project, AI-assisted, impossible before. Transparent, durable, belongs to everyone.
https://www.maffulli.net/2026/03/16/ai-final-frontier-of-copyleft/
knoppixFSF says OnlyOffice cannot use AGPLv3 to add extra fork restrictions, including mandatory branding retention in Euro-Office dispute. ⚖️
It argues AGPL guarantees downstream freedom, so forked versions may remove logos or attribution constraints beyond license terms. 🔓
🔗 https://linuxiac.com/fsf-says-onlyoffice-cannot-use-agpl-to-restrict-forks/
#TechNews #FSF #FSFE #OnlyOffice #AGPLv3 #OpenSource #FOSS #Licensing #EU #Europe #EuroOffice #SoftwareFreedom #Forks #Copyleft #Legal #Linux #Transparency #DigitalRights
Habr[Перевод] Лицензии слабого копилефта: могут ли они заменить пермиссивные (разрешительные) лицензии?
Среди открытых лицензий хорошо известны строгие GPL и (с другой стороны) разрешительные — MIT, Apache. Однако менее известен слабый копилефт, который находится между ними. А ведь эти лицензии имеют такие популярные приложения и библиотеки, как Mozilla Firefox, glibc, LibreOffice и другие. Подходящий ли это вариант для интеграции открытого софта с закрытым ? И стоит ли авторам ПО с открытым кодом использовать лицензии слабого копилефта вместо пермиссивных (если GPL/AGPL не подходит) ?
https://habr.com/ru/articles/1024508/
#opensource #patents #lgpl #mpl #epl #copyleft #право #copyright #линковка #gpl
OOTSInteresting blog post by @yoasif about #GenAI, #LLM-generated code, #copyright and #copyleft licenses (e.g. #GPL):
https://www.quippd.com/writing/2026/04/08/ai-code-is-hollowing-out-open-source-and-maintainers-are-looking-the-other-way.html
TLDR:
LLM-generated code is not protected by copyright - because it was not created by a human. Therefore, it is essentially public-domain.
Now, if you start accepting LLM-generated code into a project under a copyleft license, eventually it should also become public domain (e.g. imagine an open-source project where after a few years of LLM contributions 90% of the code has been generated by an LLM).
If that project essentially doesn't fall under copyright anymore, it becomes public domain, so the author(s) can't put a license on it anymore - and hence the #copyleft license doesn't apply anymore. Everyone is free to use it, even if the original contributors intended for the project only to be usable in a #copyleft way.
The blog post touches on some interesting, but quite philosophical questions, mainly:
- Where do we draw the line between code written by a human with the help of a machine and code written by an LLM?
- How much editing of LLM-generated code is necessary until the code can be considered to have been written by a human?
Bradley M. Kühn🤦…have you followed this mess with #Onlyoffice's inappropriate behavior toward #Nextcloud?
I've been researching it for 3 weeks.
TL;DR: #Ascensio (Onlyoffice's licensor) is YA company to purposely misuse AGPLv3§7!
Thank goodness for AGPLv3§7¶4, but as always, one must be courageous to remove a “further restriction” & redistribute.
& thanks to Nextcloud for forking to #EuroOffice. Now, we should all come to their aid.
https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2026/apr/16/badgeware-onlyoffice-nextcloud-affero-gpl/
#OpenSource #FreeSoftware #copyleft #AGPLv3 #GPL #AGPL
I've been researching it for 3 weeks.
TL;DR: #Ascensio (Onlyoffice's licensor) is YA company to purposely misuse AGPLv3§7!
Thank goodness for AGPLv3§7¶4, but as always, one must be courageous to remove a “further restriction” & redistribute.
& thanks to Nextcloud for forking to #EuroOffice. Now, we should all come to their aid.
https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2026/apr/16/badgeware-onlyoffice-nextcloud-affero-gpl/
#OpenSource #FreeSoftware #copyleft #AGPLv3 #GPL #AGPL
AGPLv3§7¶4 Empowers Users to Thwart Badgeware
This article discusses a current-headlines situation regarding Affero General Public License, version 3, Section 3, paragraph 4 (AGPLv3§7¶4.). I begin however with an explanation of the problem that clause sought to solve and how the clause works. This may seem an estoric license issue, but in fact this issue regularly impacts users today — particularly with the advent of “badgeware” (software that allows redistribution but includes annoying advertising that cannot be removed). Hopefully, this explanation helps readers understand the importance of the issue and gain vigilance when reviewing potential “further restrictions” placed on their copylefted software.
Jeferson 'Shin'And looks like Bluesky is down. Welp, use AI for code and harvest it's crops, on the same topic, what about the rights, or the death of the copyright?
If this is interesting for you, why don't you read this one:
https://jeferson.me/blog/2026/04/16/when-crime-is-legal
#AI #Backup #Blog #Copyleft #Copyright #Data #FairUse #Friction #Homelab #ImbalancePower #Law #Paywall #Power #PrivateCopy #PublicAccess #Tech #TechGiant #TrainingData #UsageRights
MysticBasil 🇺🇦RE: https://mastodon.social/@yoasif/116412638794415423
Now, this actually sounds promising. Finally killing the dreaded #copyleft organically and rendering everything into #PublicDomain. Exactly the dream that #Stallman was envisioning originally - all the software should be free for everyone to use. What's not to like here? 😘