WatchdogFeb 5, 2025
sjvn

Why Mark Zuckerberg wants to redefine #opensource so badly https://www.zdnet.com/article/why-mark-zuckerberg-wants-to-redefine-open-source-so-badly/ by @sjvn

Zuckerberg is pro-open-source so long as he makes money from it. That's fine. Even RMS said you can make money from free software. But he also wants to control what open source is, and that's not good at all.

Why Mark Zuckerberg wants to redefine open source so badly

For these open source experts, it's all about standards. For Meta, it's all about the money.

ZDNET
Feb 5, 2025 at 3:15pmWeb
Show threadAhoFeb 5, 2025
@sjvn so some kind of open secret source?
Show threadharmoneFeb 5, 2025
@aho @sjvn I'd say more like "secret open source" which would make the contradiction clearer.
Show threadCovidiocracyFeb 5, 2025

@sjvn

Nothing about #Zuckerberg is good!

Show threadToni AittoniemiFeb 5, 2025

@sjvn Open weights are not open source.

Fuck Zuck.

Show threadjailandradeFeb 5, 2025
@sjvn time to rename it and call it software libre