Another reason to pick #hyperbola #BSD : #Torvalds' policy on #AI written
code for #Linux

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst

I'll hardly miss that half #GPLv2 released kernel (full of dirty blobs
in the official release, not the #linux-libre one) with tools
and direction managed by #IBM in order to create their weird #AIX clone.

IDK about #GNU #Hurd, but is not ready. OFC you are free to rebase #hyperbola
with that kernel.

linux/Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst at master · torvalds/linux

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FOSS people: Give FOSS license violators a easter surprise!
https://media.ccc.de/v/froscon2025-3280-quelltext-klage_als_verbraucher

Turns out there is a german NGO (or specifically eingetragener Verein) that is being build that has the goal to sue companies that don't want to comply with FOSS licenses.
Membership is free, they still need a few dozends of people to gain the right to sue in the EU.

Help in making devices getting community support for 10 years the norm! My phone is at 8 cause Xiaomeme's daughter company cared back then and released kernel source code, but they don't appear to listen to requests anymore!

#GPLv2 #GPL #GPLv3 #LGPL #FOSS #License #Lizenz #OSS #OpenSource #FreeSoftware

#Perplexity does not let you export your data, but if you live in #Europe, you can request it anyway appealing to the #GDPR.

It takes over a month to have your data, but once you do... you notice that they give you a json, an excel file, and an assets directory.

My wanted use case, was to have the conversations in a readable format, and in particular, wanted to import some of them into my #Obsidian vault.

Have so generated a #script to convert these exports into #markdown files.

Unfortunately, they do not give us the references used to generate the responses on the GDPR export... which are present when exporting from the web interface. Massively disappointed on that... It's one of the main reasons why I use their service... references 😅 have so made the script remove those empty links`[n]`.

The script was created making massive use of #AI #LLM, but it works, and have made it so it is an easily usable script. It uses the `uv` #python package manager.

It's on version 0.0.1 so super #experimental, but has already converted successfully all my 626 notes. (except for assets, need to work on that part)

feel free to clone it, modify it, improve it 🙂 The license is #GPLv2 . #FOSS #FLOSS

https://github.com/FraYoshi/perplexity-export-convert

GitHub - FraYoshi/perplexity-export-convert: Convert Perplexity conversation provided after GDPR requests, into organized files.

Convert Perplexity conversation provided after GDPR requests, into organized files. - FraYoshi/perplexity-export-convert

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@mwl @spacehobo This was a Sun Microsystems licensing decision, way before Oracle bought them. Remember, Oracle don't open source. All the cool stuff like Illumos, dtrace, ZFS etc comes from Sun history, not Oracle history.

On the other hand, one could say that the #Linux #GPLv2 license is incompatible with a lot of things.

I eamn, we can see this #OpenWashing by #RedHat and others #paywalling #SourceCode access...

 Eu também tenho estatísticas de músicas escutadas desde 2006, mas, felizmente, já migrei os dados do serviço privativo, há muito tempo, para Libre.fm e, mais recentemente, para ListenBrainz, o que recomendo! É muito fácil. Vale a pena conhecer e apoiar o serviço prestado pela Fundação @[email protected], bem como o desenvolvimento desse sistema (sob a licença #GPLv2) que também pode, entre as liberdades previstas, ser auto-hospedado.

#ListenBrainz #música #softwareLivre
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To all Linux aficionados

Ah, for fuck's sake ....read....read....and importantly understand the implications....

cc: Linus Torvalds ....👍 ...you rock!!

#linuxkernel #opensource #operatingsystem #gplv2

https://social.kernel.org/notice/B1aR6QFuzksLVSyBZQ

Linus Torvalds (@[email protected])

GPLv2 affirmation…I don’t generally post here as people have probably noticed, but here’s a pdf of a recent court ruling, and this turns out to be the easiest way for me to link to a copy of it, si...

To all Linux aficionados

Ah, for fuck's sake ....read....read....and importantly understand the implications....

cc: Linus Torvalds ....👍 ...you rock!!

#linuxkernel #opensource #operatingsystem #gplv2

https://social.kernel.org/notice/B1aR6QFuzksLVSyBZQ

Linus Torvalds (@[email protected])

GPLv2 affirmation…I don’t generally post here as people have probably noticed, but here’s a pdf of a recent court ruling, and this turns out to be the easiest way for me to link to a copy of it, si...

@stefanha

This is a good question, & goes to the core of common confusions about what #LGPLv2.1 & #GPLv2 require.
My essay here explains the history…
https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2021/jul/23/tivoization-and-the-gpl-right-to-install/
…about this matter.
What the GPLv2 requires is the software *under* GPLv2 has to be upgradable/installable, but breaking the proprietary applications is ok upon changing the underlying software is permitted; that's what TiVo did.

LPGLv2.1§6 requires that you can relink (either through replacing .so or statically) in place

“Tivoization” & Your Right to Install Under Copyleft & GPL

Two schools of thought about the purpose of copyleft have been at odds for some time. Simply put, the question is: are copyleft licenses designed primarily to protect the rights of large companies that produce electronics and software products, or is copyleft designed primarily to protect individual users' rights to improve, modify, repair, and reinstall their software?

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