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kjo

@ kjo @discuss.tchncs.de

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Software engineer, electronics hobbyist.

  • So apparently horizontal stripes by the eyes come off as "angry". Do you think that's the case for Lilly, too?

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  • Nay, Lilly is cute 😺

  • Pick one

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  • Is the FOSS world in danger of a corporate takeover, thanks to pushover licenses?

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  • I am making an argument that copyleft licenses such as GPL are better than permissive ones because of the extra guarantees, primarily to the benefit to communities instead of corporations.

    You on the other hand are making a false equivalence.

    This is what i wrote:

    If corporations want to release a software based on modified version of my code, I want a guarantee that the modified code to be available to the community too.

    This is what you wrote:

    What you are saying is, if they extend the Open Source software, you do not want the Open Source version anymore. You only want theirs.

    The false equivalence is that because i desire communities to be the primary beneficiary of my code and its modifications, then i must also "... you do not want the Open Source version anymore. You only want theirs."

    These are not equivalent. You have begun using a logical fallacy. More elaboration of my arguments will be fruitless. Good bye.

  • Is the FOSS world in danger of a corporate takeover, thanks to pushover licenses?

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  • I welcome collaboration from everyone (including corporations).

    With permissive license, corporations are allowed publish a modified version of the software while restricting their code modifications from release to the community. That is not collaboration. Permissive license benefits corporations more than the community.

    corporations are a major (majority) source of Open Source

    Which is why they choose permissive licenses for their projects. They receive code contributions from the community and then suddenly: rugpull! Starting from next version the software will be proprietary. The community contributors are of course having pikachu face when they realize the corporations are legally permitted to take the fruit of their labor from them because their contributions are under permissive license.

    Nothing have been lost.

    My time and effort has been lost. The fruit of my labor has been lost. When i contribute or make to a Free Software project, i wish for it to benefit the community the most. If corporations want to release a software based on modified version of my code, I want a guarantee that the modified code to be available to the community too. The corporations benefit from my labor, but the community receives the company's modified code too. That's collaboration. Copyleft licenses such as GPL guarantees this.

    Of course, such guarantee is considered "restriction" if one never intends the community to be the primary beneficiary in the first place.

    When I release code as Open Source, I am providing unpaid labour to everyone.

    With permissive license your free labor benefits corporations the most. Corporations that take things and enshittify them and do not give back to the community, all the while they get rich. Your choice your prerogative.

  • Is the FOSS world in danger of a corporate takeover, thanks to pushover licenses?

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  • Permissive license means that whoever (say a corporation) modifies some code and release a software from it, they are not obligated to release the modified code under the same license. Which means they can use Open Source software to make proprietary software, make money off it, and the community receives nothing back for their labor.

    GPL forbids this. With GPL anyone can still modifes the code and release a software from it. But it obligates that the modified code must be released as GPL too. So GPL guarantees that the community benefits.

    The act of choosing a license political one. Are you willing to provide unpaid labor for corporations? Or do you want your code to benefit communities?

  • Ancient ahegao

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  • Cannot unsee 😌

  • The godfather

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  • Indeed. Very well done. 🖼️

  • TIL that Toys R Us wasn't killed by competition, but by private equity companies

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  • TIL that Toys R Us wasn't killed by competition, but by private equity companies

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  • Bear with me for a bit, because i don't understand these schemes.

    If the sellers instead just closed up shop, they would get maybe a fraction of the money they would from selling it, mainly in selling off assets… It would be a pittance compared to this scheme.

    How would the sellers get more money from this scheme? Isn't liquidating company assets are basically what the buyers (the private equity firms) did anyway?

    collect whatever they can from insurance

    How does the insurance companies keep falling for these? This has happened several times, and insurance companies aren't known for being charitable.

  • Google can gargle my LineageOS (Just managed to install LineageOS after waiting nearly a week for Motorola to allow bootloader unlocking)

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  • Phone needs to be connected to the internet for about a week (6 days for me) to get the OEM Unlocking

    Ahhh, that's good to know now that i'm actually considering buying this device. That sucks. Still better than Xiaomi though.

  • F-Droid and Google's Developer Registration Decree | F-Droid

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  • This is the same as moto g45 5G i think. Apparently moto g 5G ≠ moto g45 5G.

    I am considering moto g45 5G at the moment.

    I will probably keep my current device for shit apps necessary for banking etc.I will install LineageOS on moto g45, and it will be for programs that will not have google's approval / F-Droid stuff.

  • F-Droid and Google's Developer Registration Decree | F-Droid

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  • Looks like I'm searching for a device that can run LineageOS, then.

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  • Is it racist to oppose illegal immigrants?

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  • what is your explanation for a refugee that keeps walking through safe country after safe country before finally finding the specific country they accept?

    Huh? Because it is safe obviously. Everyone wants a better chance of better living. And refugees are already moving. Since they are already moving why not move to a country with better chance of better living? If they hear "so-and-so country has better chance of better living" of course they are going to choose that, again, because they are already moving.

  • Is it racist to oppose illegal immigrants?

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  • Unite!

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  • Hey, that's me! 😎

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    How to Build a Powerful Reverse Proxy Firewall for Blocking the Evil Web-Scraping Robot Hordes from Hell

    cheapskatesguide.org /articles/debian-netinstall-waf.html

  • Bricked up

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  • Yep, my first tought 🍰

  • I feel attacked

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  • Music 🎼🎵🎶

    More specifically: playing the instruments: drum, piano/keyboard, clarinet, guitar, whatever else 🥁🎹🎸🎷🎺🎻🪗🪘🎛️

    Bonus points for "getting back to", as in: something you got a start as a young fella but then life happens and you stopped doing it, and now that your bone aches when it is cold your mind went to old times when life felt brighter.

  • Is that bad?

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  • So that's why it is so freaking slow! 💩🤡💩🤡

  • Opossum In The Underworld #6

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  • That face when the opposum was licked tho 😖

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    Help Identify This Connector

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    My New Casio F-105

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    A 74xx-defined Radio

    acidbourbon.wordpress.com /2021/04/11/a-74xx-defined-radio/
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    Add Video Output Port and SATA Port to an Old Firewall

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    JTAG 'Hacking' the Original Xbox in 2023

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    Notes on USB PD Triggers (And ZY12PDN Instructions)

    www.alexwhittemore.com /notes-on-usb-pd-triggers-and-zy12pdn-instructions/