Bradley M. Kühn9h ago

Yesterday, I published an article on some of the rights that you can exercise in software freedom *even if* your upstream has violated the #copyleft license. While their violation *will* limit your options, ∃ many useful activities that you still have rights to pursue.

https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2026/may/17/incomplete-corresponding-source-code-copyleft-agpl/

While recent events inspired this, other situations are similar.

IANAL & TINLA.

#AGPLv3 #SoftwareFreedom #OpenSource #BambuStudio #Bambu3d #GPLv3 #AGPL #GPL #SFC #Bambu #FOSS #licensing #copyright #DMCA

Dealing with Incomplete Copyleft Source That Doesn't Correspond

Years ago, copyleft violations were often a mere misunderstanding; vendors intended to comply but made mistakes. In those “before times”, a simple request and short discussion often led to the complete, Corresponding Source (“CCS”) for the the distributed binary works (or, in the case of network-service copyleft, the deployed systems).

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Software Freedom Conservancy22h ago
SFC's policy fellow, @bkuhn, just posted a relevant-to-current-events article entitled “Dealing with Incomplete Copyleft Source That Doesn't Correspond”.

With the recent news about Bambu Studio's AGPL violations, this advice on how to handle a protracted period of “incomplete-ccs” from a vendor is very much needed.

https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2026/may/17/incomplete-corresponding-source-code-copyleft-agpl/

#AGPLv3 #copyleft #SoftwareFreedom #OpenSource #BambuStudio #Bambu3d #GPLv3 #AGPL #GPL #SFC #Bambu #FOSS #licensing #copyright #DMCA
Dealing with Incomplete Copyleft Source That Doesn't Correspond

Years ago, copyleft violations were often a mere misunderstanding; vendors intended to comply but made mistakes. In those “before times”, a simple request and short discussion often led to the complete, Corresponding Source (“CCS”) for the the distributed binary works (or, in the case of network-service copyleft, the deployed systems).

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Show threadpoetaster2d ago
@dotstdy @ludd #GPLv3 for the win.
Show threadTales Lucas3d ago

Eu tenho NOJO ÉTICO/MORAL por licenças como o MIT, a Apache e tantas outras que NORMALIZAM que pessoas peguem o código desenvolvido pelo autor e façam uso livre sem retornar nada exceto "dar créditos".

ENFIA O CRÉDITO NO CU!

O que paga minhas contas é DINHEIRO!
O que ajuda a manter meu projeto É VOCÊ ENTREGAR DE VOLTA aquilo que você usou pra fazer o seu próprio.

O seu projeto tá assentado em cima do meu, ele não existe sem minha base material. Então você não pode simplesmente pegar minha base e fazer o que quiser dela. Vai devolver SIM!

Por isso: #GPLv3 na veia!

Les ErgonautesMay 6

RE: https://eldritch.cafe/@ergonautes/115933914956646384

On avait dit qu’on publierait les sources KiCad et FreeCAD du #Quacken après avoir livré le premier lot, on a deux semaines de retard, désolé ! On a eu des imprévus sur le #QuackMatrix, qu’il a fallu traiter en urgence.

Nota : les sources de la version 25.10 présentée au CdL2025 étaient en ligne depuis novembre 2025, et ce modèle est fonctionnel (je l’utilise en ce moment même) — mais uniquement en monobloc. Il nous a fallu trois protos supplémentaires avant de parvenir à faire fonctionner le mode split (25.11, 25.12, 26.01), c’est ce qui a causé tant de retard dans le projet.

En achetant le Quacken auprès des Ergonautes vous nous aidez à proposer des claviers à bas prix (magie de l’achat groupé) et vous participez au financement des protos des autres projets (#QMx2040 par exemple), mais n’hésitez pas à construire votre Quacken vous-mêmes à partir de ces sources ! Ou, mieux : personnalisez-le, améliorez-le, et partagez vos modifications avec la communauté (#GPLv3).

TalesMdMay 5

Quando que vocês vão acordar que o OPEN de open source é só pras empresas privadas roubar sem dificuldades o trabalho gratuito que vocês fazem a elas??

USA #GPLv3, CARALHO!

GNUTUXMay 1

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GNUTUXMay 1

🚀 GMD v26.05 — GNU Media Downloader

The modern React-powered release is here!

🎨 Glassmorphism dark UI with smooth animations

📹 Video downloads up to 1080p |

🎵 Multi-format audio

🔄 Batch convert video, audio & images

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Show threadT_XApr 30
@fsfe @EUCommission yaiy 🥳! Btw. the "Article 3(3)(i) is incompatible with widely used Free Software licences such as the GNU #GPL" is that with all GPL licenses or with GPLv3 in particular? If the latter, could that be a reason for GPLv3 in the #GPLv2 vs. #GPLv3 debate?
Saleh©️صالحApr 30

🚀 GMD v26.05 — منزّل وسائط غنو

النسخة الحديثة بواجهة React عصرية أصبحت متاحة الآن!

🎨 واجهة زجاجية داكنة مع تأثيرات سلسة
📹 تنزيل فيديو حتى 1080p |
🎵 صوت بصيغ متعددة
🔄 تحويل دفعة للفيديو والصوت والصور
✂️ قص وسائط مع معاينة تفاعلية
🌐 دعم كامل للعربية والإنجليزية
📦 حزم AppImage | DEB | RPM جاهزة للتحميل

حر · مفتوح المصدر · لنظام غنو/لينكس

🔗 https://salehgnutux.github.io/GMD/

#GNUTUX #GMD #برمجيات_حرة #غنو_لينكس #GNU #Linux #OpenSource #yt_dlp #React #Electron #تحميل_فيديو #MediaDownloader #FOSS #GPLv3