• Jabril@lemmygrad.ml
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      2 years ago

      I know a lot of free software people and they are fascist, NED regime change type libs who think they are smarter and better than everyone else. Many of them have backgrounds working for the government in some degree or another, and then they move on to NGOs and the like.

      • loathsome dongeater@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
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        2 years ago

        For some reason libertarians also love free software which makes no sense. You would need a powerful state to enforce free software licenses.

          • loathsome dongeater@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
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            2 years ago

            How would you enforce any license without a state? The point of a license is that when someone violates it you can take them to court. The judicial system is a part of the state.

            • Vampire [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
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              2 years ago

              Free software is defined as software that allows the end-user to use, distribute, and edit it in any way they choose.

              Can you give an example of a scenario when police would enforce a violation of that?

              • loathsome dongeater@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
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                2 years ago

                That’s not the extent of software freedom. You can personally modify someone else’s free software if you want. But if you are providing the modified software to others, either as a free or a paid product, then you have to provide the users with a copy of the modified source code. Modifying GPL licensed code and using it commercially without supplying the modified source code is the primary source of free software license violations.

  • Vampire [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    2 years ago

    The slogan “Stallman was right” is a good slogan because his only redeeming feature is that he’s right.