mccOct 13, 2024

An open source program with a copy protection scheme where in order to launch you must refer to your copy of the GPL and answer questions about it.

"What is the fifth word of GPLv3, '3. Protecting Users' Legal Rights From Anti-Circumvention Law.'?

* 'Granted'
* 'Work'
* 'Circumvention'
* 'Deemed'"

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RMS: "You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program." [Moving closer] "Did you?" [Moving closer still] "Did you REALLY?"
Oct 13, 2024 at 7:45pmWeb
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UPDATE: Getting a lot of responses to my post up top from people who seem to be 1-indexing for some reason
Show threadLudwig VielfrassOct 13, 2024
@mcc and people wonder why normies don’t really care that much about software licenses.
Show threadMercedes-NutzOct 13, 2024
@mcc oh my god
Show threadmccOct 13, 2024
@even_more_damned_muteKi (I'm lying, I just miscounted)
Show threadMercedes-NutzOct 13, 2024
@mcc no, no, it really ties the whole thing together if you start at 0
Show threadDreaming of dad jazz.Oct 13, 2024
@mcc gawk users?
Show threadOwen NelsonOct 13, 2024
@mcc ew
Show threadCassandra is only carbon nowOct 13, 2024
@mcc Alternate world in which widespread GPL adoption is contemporaneous with DOS shareware proliferation.
Show threadmccOct 13, 2024
@xgranade i do sometimes wonder if there's a world where FreeDOS sees widespread adoption
Show threadCassandra is only carbon nowOct 13, 2024

@mcc I wonder similar with ReactOS. A part of me never really moved on from Windows 98 SE (to my discredit), and I sometimes wonder what a future in that sort of a UI model would look like.

(I guess Xfce, but I digress.)

Show threadkasperdOct 13, 2024
I actually have one computer which came with FreeDOS pre-installed from the manufacturer. I did however reinstall the machine with Linux instead.
Show threadmccOct 13, 2024
@kasperd @xgranade coulda played a few rounds of Scorched Earth first
Show threadLuis VillaOct 13, 2024

@mcc too early in the morning for this

[narrator: it was 1pm]

Show threadmhoyeOct 13, 2024
@mcc this, regrettably, is the slightly paraphrased origin story of more than one free software advocacy organization.
Show threadKarenOct 13, 2024
@mcc "this WILL be on the test later"
Show threadmkbOct 13, 2024

@mcc I think it’s fair to say the idea of RMS moving closer is triggering to anyone who has been in a room with him.

*shudder*