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nixuser85 :devuan: :copyleft:If you're a <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Drupal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Drupal</a> developer check out new Requests for Proposals to add functionality to <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/agplv3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#agplv3</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#legal</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tech</a> Project LACI. See <a href="https://www.lonestarlegal.org/request-for-proposals/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.lonestarlegal.org/request-for-proposals/</a> . Deadline for proposals is May 5, 2025<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/accessToJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#accessToJustice</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/legalaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#legalaid</a>

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://mstdn.jp/@landley" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@landley</a> <a href="https://todon.nl/@burnoutqueen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@burnoutqueen</a> Yeah...<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GPLv3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GPLv3</a> is a desaster as it's 99% ideology and 1% license text and alongside <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AGPLv3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AGPLv3</a> completely ignores the reality of how <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/licensing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#licensing</a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/patents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#patents</a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IP</a> works.<ul><li>Not that I like the status-quo, but we'd rather see businesses steer clear of anything GPLv2+ or GPLv3 or worse.</li></ul>And on the flipside we basically get "source available" stuff like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SSPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SSPL</a> which only serves as a means to commit <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AssetDenial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AssetDenial</a> and monopolize commercial offerings...<ul><li>I think <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a> being <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GPLv2only" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GPLv2only</a> is a good compromise and my personal gripes with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FSF</a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GNUtils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GNUtils</a> as well as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GlibC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GlibC</a> are something different...</li></ul>

Free Software FoundationCraig Topham, our Copyright & Licensing Associate, got together with the founder of <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/Abelujo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Abelujo</a>, a <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSoftware</a> solution for managing <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/BookStores" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BookStores</a>. Read about Abelujo's backstory, uses, and future here: <a href="https://u.fsf.org/46d" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://u.fsf.org/46d</a> <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/FSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FSF</a> <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/AGPLv3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AGPLv3</a>

Giacomo Tesio<a href="https://mastodon.online/users/larsmb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@larsmb@mastodon.online</a> Unfortunately, even <a href="https://snac.tesio.it?t=agplv3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AGPLv3</a> is full of loopholes. Biggest one is being a different license than <a href="https://snac.tesio.it?t=gplv3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GPLv3</a>. That's basicaly why I use the <a href="https://snac.tesio.it?t=hackinglicense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HackingLicense</a> for my code: <a href="https://code.tesio.it/p/self-hosting/doh.cgi/file?name=LICENSE.txt&ci=tip" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://code.tesio.it/p/self-hosting/doh.cgi/file?name=LICENSE.txt&ci=tip</a> It's both a <a href="https://snac.tesio.it?t=copyleft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#copyleft</a> license and a shrink-wrap contract designed to close such loopholes. <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/users/tante" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@tante@tldr.nettime.org</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/users/lproven" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@lproven@vivaldi.net</a>

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/FreeSoftwareFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSoftwareFoundation</a> rides to defend <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/AGPLv3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AGPLv3</a> against <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Neo4j" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Neo4j</a> license add-ons FOSS bods file amicus brief in hope of preserving core <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/GNU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GNU</a> tenet of freedom forever "At stake is the future of not just the AGPLv3, but the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/FSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FSF</a>'s widely used GNU Public License it is largely based on, and the software covered by those agreements." <a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/04/free_software_foundation_agplv3/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/04/free_software_foundation_agplv3/</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/GPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GPL</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/GPLv3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GPLv3</a>

Boud<a href="https://fediscience.org/@UlrikeHahn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@UlrikeHahn</a> As <a href="https://im-in.space/@Chip_Unicorn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Chip_Unicorn</a> says, Element = frontend. Org = New Vector Ltd. In terms of ethics (vs <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/TyrannyOfConvenience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TyrannyOfConvenience</a>) the main Matrix software is <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/AGPLv3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AGPLv3</a> [1]; the protocol is open [2]; self-hosting is legal and ethical [3].As <a href="https://fedihum.org/@lavaeolus" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@lavaeolus</a> says, security tends to oppose convenience: there's a learning curve for E2EE.I like <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/gomuks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gomuks</a> terminal; gomuks web is rapidly developing [4].[1] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Element_%28software%29" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Element_%28software%29</a> [2] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrix_%28protocol%29" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrix_%28protocol%29</a> [3] <a href="https://servers.joinmatrix.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://servers.joinmatrix.org</a> [4] <a href="https://github.com/tulir/gomuks" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/tulir/gomuks</a>

Preston Maness ☭<a href="https://sfconservancy.org/static/docs/sfc-neo4j-amicus-brief.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://sfconservancy.org/static/docs/sfc-neo4j-amicus-brief.pdf</a>>A licensor is free to apply contradictory and self-defeating license terms to its software; the courts are not bound to save it from the consequences of that choice. > >... > >By stepping in to salvage Neon's catastrophic drafting, the district court is forced to adopt an interpretation that cannot be squared with the balance of the NSSL. > >... > >This court should not contort the text of this important license to preserve the interests of a single party who wielded it unwisely.The whole amicus brief is a good read, but damn there's some good sass towards the end XD This is the sort of legal work that makes the conservancy shine, and I hope that the conservancy keeps its members abreast of this case as it develops. Good work Aaron Williamson and good work Software Freedom Conservancy!<a href="https://social.sfconservancy.org/users/conservancy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@conservancy</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#foss</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenSource</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/gpl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gpl</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/agpl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#agpl</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/agplv3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#agplv3</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSoftware</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/neo4j" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#neo4j</a>

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