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Shalien Jun 9, 2025

As an old school code writer, writer and just human arts and expression enjoyer, I have, I'm still and will always fight against how AI is being trained , used and clearly pushed down our throat everyday.

My own work, my code, my toughts, my blog has been scrapped and feed to the algorithm without my consent and without sourcing back to my work.

Humanity knowledge should indeed be shared, but not after being mashed up and patched up together trought some mad men math.

As the AI companies still continue to ignore pleas to regulate their domain, I wrote a new version of my previous "not so" open source license to protect my work from big companies and big ai companies.

If the first version still have the stupid hope for some companies (looking at you #gitlab ) to be trusted the reality is ... no there's no need for trust .

So this is it : PROJETRETRO RESTRICTED LICENSE + AI VERSION 2

A license that fit my need and is based on my own point of view : If my work is worth being used in your product OR to train your AI , you have to pay me .

I don't expect it to become wide spred. But just to exists as my scream into the monsters faces.

https://code.projetretro.io/shalien/licenses/src/branch/main/PRL+AI-V2.md

#noAI #opensourcelicense #humanwork

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Retrocode: Building the future, today

Jörgi Jun 3, 2025

"Ukraine's Massive Drone Attack Was Powered by Open Source Software"
I'm always saying, open source software is good!

Which opensouce license is forbidding military use?
I remember that there was a discussion about that in the #searchwing project.
And of course, military can still ignore it. terrorists will ignore for sure..

Via @4lert4
https://www.404media.co/ukraines-massive-drone-attack-was-powered-by-open-source-software/

#opensource #opensourcelicense #creativecommons @informatik

Ukraine's Massive Drone Attack Was Powered by Open Source Software

Ukraine used ArduPilot to help it wipe out Russian targets. It wasn’t the first time and it won’t be the last.

404 Media

Neustradamus :xmpp: :linux:May 5, 2025

#Redis is now available under the #AGPLv3 #opensourcelicense https://redis.io/blog/agplv3/

Redis is now available under the AGPLv3 open source license - Redis

The rise of hyperscalers like AWS and GCP has unlocked incredible speed and scale for startups and enterprises alike. But for companies rooted in open source, it has posed a fundamental challenge: how do you keep innovating and investing in OSS projects when cloud providers reap the profits and control the infrastructure without proportional contributions […]

Redis

Anyia, geeky 🏳️‍⚧️ girl Feb 15, 2025

Is there a suitable MIT-but-no-nazis license out there somewhere that I can use?

None of the ones referenced at https://ethicalsource.dev/licenses/ really tickle my fancy.

#OpenSourceLicense

Ethical Source Licenses

The Organization for Ethical Source is a global, multidisciplinary community devoted to centering justice, equity, and human rights in the practice of open source.

Asta [AMP]Sep 28, 2024

Any license experts want to weigh in from a legal and moral perspective?

I want to be as close to Misskey compatible as I can with my database; the Misskey project has the actual SQL commands for initializing the database in the Misskey repo (seen here: https://github.com/misskey-dev/misskey/blob/develop/packages/backend/migration/1000000000000-Init.js and in other files).

If possible, I would like to use their SQL commands. Normally when I use other people's code, I try and fork to maintain history; however, in this case, I just want the queries. I also won't be hosting on GitHub.

Would it be appropriate for me to copy/paste the queries into my own file, mark the location where they're coming from to give credit (and include the original copyright, of course), then license (at least) that file as AGPL? Would I need to license the whole project as AGPL? I'm not opposed to that; I just want to make sure I'm as transparent as possible about where these queries and code are coming from.

(For the record, the plan is to embed them into Rust functions because I don't want to load SQL queries from arbitrary text files; that is, all the SQL I want to be run will be internal).

#openSource #gpl #agplv3 #agplv3Compliance #misskey #sql #openSourceLicense #licensing

misskey/packages/backend/migration/1000000000000-Init.js at develop · misskey-dev/misskey

🌎 A completely free and open interplanetary microblogging platform 🚀 - misskey-dev/misskey

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futo_tech Jun 7, 2024

FUTO License: changes to our license & the reasoning behind it

https://peertube.futo.org/videos/watch/4d3a2777-34b9-4573-b5d3-16eeea70f8f6

FUTO License: changes to our license & the reasoning behind it

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Niko Föhr Jan 14, 2024

I just saw a conversation of people discussing about a library. The library was "unfortunately" having MIT license. They were using #unlicense (https://unlicense.org/)

Is the MIT license somehow restrictive? I mean, I tend to avoid GNU GPL as it restricts people from using code in any way they want, namely as part of proprietary software. But do you see downsides in MIT license?

#opensource #opensourcelicense #opensourcelicensing

Unlicense Yourself: Set Your Code Free

An initiative to help software developers waive their copyright and dedicate their work to the public domain by offering a standard template and process for disclaiming copyright interest in software, both for original authorship and for contributions.

Stefano Maffulli Sep 26, 2023

The OSI License Review Working Group was formed to improve the license review process. Read more about it! https://blog.opensource.org/how-the-osi-checks-if-new-licenses-comply-with-the-open-source-definition/

How the OSI checks if new licenses comply with the Open Source Definition - Voices of Open Source

The OSI License Review Working Group was formed to improve the license review process. Read more about it!

Voices of Open Source

Kevin Dominik Korte Sep 13, 2023

Question for the crowd: When would AI be considered open-source? Would the model itself have to be under a FOSS license, or just the software to create and utilize the model? The argument was that games are sometimes considered open-source even if the graphics are not and whether the same should be valid for AI Models.
#opensourcelicense #AI