Mastodawn

Why genAI means the end of copyright for software and the re-invention of open source

Most of the discussions about the impact of the latest generative AI systems on copyright have centred on text, images and video. That’s no surprise, since writers, artists and film-makers feel very strongly about their creations, and members of the public can relate easily to the issues that AI raises for this kind of creativity. But there’s another creative domain that has been massively […]

#ai #chardet #circumvention #claude #cleanRoom #danBlanchard #genai #gnu #gpl #lgpl #licensing #markPilgrim #mit #nebraskaProblem #openSource #openSource20 #python #richardStallman #software #unix https://walledculture.org/why-genai-means-the-end-of-copyright-for-software-and-the-re-invention-of-open-source/

無 Mar 18

Hope of AGPL Licenser by Bovas De Quincey, an autobiography.

#agpl
#fsf
#gnu
#gpl
#lgpl
#richardmatthewstallman
#richardstallman
#rms
#stallmanwasright

TronNerd82 Mar 16

Wishing a happy 73rd birthday to Richard Stallman. Even if you're not the biggest fan of him, it's hard to deny the impact that he's had on software freedom thanks to his efforts with #GNU and the @fsf.

#RichardStallman #rms #HappyBirthday #FreeSoftware

Patrick Mar 16

@rms

🎂 Happy 73rd #Birthday to Richard Matthew Stallman! 🎈
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman

#CakeDay #RichardStallman #rms

🐂🐃🆓💻🌐🛠🐧🔓

Richard Stallman - Wikipedia

Blender Dumbass Mar 7

Using Talmudic Techniques To Understand Free Software

In the Wikipedia article about Talmud it says that:

It records the teachings, opinions and disagreements of thousands of rabbis and Torah scholars.

And if you know from books like Tanya which references the book of Nida on the first page, in the first paragraph, in the first sentence, you know that Talmud likes to link things Wikipedia style, and then argue those things, trying to find patterns.

What could be the pattern in linking a Wikipedia article and then talking about Wikipedia in an article about using Talmudic Techniques to understand Free Software?

Victorhck in the free world Mar 3

Recopilación del boletín de noticias de la Free Software Foundation – marzo de 2026

Recopilación y traducción del boletín mensual de noticias relacionadas con el software libre publicado por la Free Software Foundation.

https://victorhckinthefreeworld.com/2026/03/03/recopilacion-del-boletin-de-noticias-de-la-free-software-foundation-marzo-de-2026/

Reel Tubes Feb 27

Plongez dans des extraits de la conférence de Richard Stallman aux RMLL 2009 à Nantes — historique, percutant et toujours incroyablement pertinent pour le logiciel libre. À (re)découvrir pour comprendre l'esprit du mouvement et nourrir la discussion ! #RichardStallman #RMS #RMLL #LogicielLibre #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #Framasoft #French
https://video.fabriquedelatransition.fr/videos/watch/e0b1b6e5-09d2-4e97-8013-a509ae469531