So I hadn't really thought about the inherent licensing issues that might pop up just from the language I might choose to learn and use.
There are some legitimate concerns brought up. And we really need to think them over.
Rust's Real Problem Finally Explained to Everyone
https://youtube.com/watch?v=E5x2I26jE8w
00:00 Intro00:44 The Linux Kernel: A New Dawn with Rust?01:59 GPL's Sacred Ground: Understanding the Conflict06:13 The Legal Minefield: Linus Torvalds and th...
A few days ago we got a computer science lecture about operating systems, and main emphasis was placed on #Linux.
We learned not only about GNU/Linux itself, but dove deeper to #FOSS definition, who is #RMS, what is #GPL license, four freedoms, and etc.
On the other hand, only around 2-3 minutes was concerned for both Windows and MacOS.
I like that modern curriculums cover #FLOSS as an important topic in particular, and encourage people to use it.
Farewell!
This is a long read, but I think it has a much more coherent take on the idea of creating ethical, political, or anti-capitalistic software licenses:
https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2022/mar/17/copyleft-ethical-source-putin-ukraine/
#nccc #ppl #agpl #gpl #foss #fosh #freesoftware #freehardware #license #licensing #softwarelicense #softwarelicensing #copyleft #copyfarleft
Toward a Broad Ethical Software Licensing CoalitionWe are passionate about and dedicated to the cause of software freedom and rights because proprietary software harmfully takes control of and agency in software away from users. In 2014, we started talking about FOSS as fundamental to “ethical software” (and, more broadly “ethical technology”) — which contrasts FOSS with the unethical behavior that Big Tech carries out with proprietary software. Some FOSS critics (circa 2018) coined the phrase “ethical source” — which outlined a new approach to these issues — based on the assumption that software freedom activists were inherently complicit in the bad behavior of Big Tech and other bad actors since the inception of FOSS. These folks argue that copyleft — the only form of software licensing that makes any effort to place ethical and moral requirements on FOSS redistributors/reusers — has fundamentally ignored the larger problems of society such as human rights abuses and unbridled capitalism. They propose new copyleft-like licenses, which, rather than focusing on the requirement of disclosure of source code, they instead use the mechanisms of copyleft to mandate behaviors in areas of ethics generally unrelated to software. For example, the Hippocratic License molds a copyleft clause into a generalized mechanism for imposing a more comprehensive moral code on software redistributors/re-users. In essence, they argue that copylefted software (such as software under the GPL) is unethical software. This criticism of copyleft reached crescendo in the last three weeks as pundits began to criticize FOSS licenses for failing to prohibit Putin from potentially using FOSS in his Ukrainian invasion or other bad acts.
So, FOSS know-it-alls.
What happens within the scope of European copyright doctrine if I fork a GPLv3 project that I got paid for working on — and after I inform the party that paid for the original work, they demand that I don't mention them by name when presenting my fork to others?
Is this even possible within the scope of the license or is there a moral rights doctrine that can force me to do this?
Now, #Vizio is arguing that THEY want the judge to rewrite the #GPLv2 because of what was written in the #GPLv3 decades later.
They claim that the #FSF doesn't believe the word “install” meant install, but the FSF already testified in the case that they believe that “installation” *means* “installation” in GPLv2.
#Vizio wants to make a power point presentation of their motion. 🙄 There's no ability to do that, so they printed out for everyone instead.
Of course, the first slide quotes me out of context right out of the gate. You can read what I actually said here:
Our hearing in the #Vizio case regarding their violations of the #GPL and #LGPL starts in a few minutes. Watch it live:
https://occourtsapp.occourts.org/aci/checkin-results?dept=C33
This is the argument for Vizio's summary adjudication motion regarding the right to install under GPL.
I'll try to live-post about it as best I can. I'm here in person, but you can watch online with the link above RIGHT NOW!
Hay algo que Richard #Stallman ha defendido con uñas y dientes: la diferencia abismal entre el software privativo y las libertades que nos da el software libre ( recuerda que en el caso del software libre la palabra "libre" no forzosamente significa gratis).
He aquí las diferencias de ética y control entre el software privativo y el software libre, espero que esto de para una gran #reflexion por parte de todos.
Software Privativo:
Cuando usas software privativo (Windows, macOS, Photoshop, Facebook, Google, etc.), estás cediendo el control. Stallman argumenta que es una relación de poder injusta. El dueño del software decide por ti:
• No hay control: No puedes ver cómo funciona internamente (código cerrado).
• No puedes modificarlo: Estás atado a las funciones que ellos quieren darte.
• No puedes compartirlo: Te prohíben legalmente ayudar a tu vecino o colega.
• Vulnerabilidad: A menudo vienen con "puertas traseras" o funciones de espionaje integradas, y tú ni enterado.
Es, en esencia, falta de libertad.
Software Libre:
El software libre, bajo la filosofía de la #FSF, te otorga cuatro libertades esenciales, casi como pilares de un templo digital:
• Libertad 0 (Usar): Usar el programa con cualquier propósito. Tú mandas.
• Libertad 1 (Estudiar): Ver el código fuente y entender cómo hace las cosas. ¡Transparencia total!
• Libertad 2 (Compartir): Distribuir copias a quien quieras. Fomenta la comunidad y la ayuda mutua.
• Libertad 3 (Mejorar y Distribuir): Modificar el software y compartir tus mejoras. Evolución colectiva.
¿Notas la diferencia? Te invito a probar software libre en tu día a día
#Tecnologia #GNU #GPL #RichardStallman #SoftwareLibre #Privacidad #Etica #libertad
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