bonifartius 𒂼𒄄 @bonifartius@social.cleverlibre.org

@ariel@feditoxos.eu @redstarfish @vazub

> Why viral licensing is a ghost [in the EU]

that's an "analysis", not law. GPL was enforced in the EU. list of cases, many decided in favor of the GPL (sorry german) https://www.ifross.org/?q=urteile

> I want anyone to use it, but when my code is modified that changes to my code are distributed. I'm NOT entitled to all the source code of programs linking mine, only to changes specifically in my program.

if you want this that's fine and you should look at MPL2.0. _i_ think i don't need to enable big tech to rake in even more money using my work.

it's not about _my_ entitlement. i don't care about some companies source code. it's about principle, if they are unwilling to give back, then they should be prevented to use my work.

@ariel@feditoxos.eu @redstarfish @vazub

that's honestly one of the worst, most wrong takes i've read in a while, sorry.

you have the choice to either accept the terms of GPL or use something else. nobody forces you to use GPL licensed things.

the GPL is perfectly fine in the EU and was enforced already.

if you want to have your libfoo licensed so that google can rake in even more profits using your work, you can license it differently. e.g. mozilla public license does what you describe, which might be fine for some cases.

@thor ah, the wonders of ruby :)

@niclas it was surprising for me that i couldn't pay the bus in sweden with cash. the driver was nice and let us ride for free because the cards didn't work, wonders of technology!
it's the exact opposite in germany, you can almost never pay by card in the bus. that's one of the few nice things about germans today, even if they are hopelessly consumerish, they like cash :)
@Shadowman311 @LouisConde @MechaSilvio

@Elfie @Shadowman311 ;)

@Shadowman311 yikes

@thj is it an auction server? if yes, maybe one disk got replaced during it's former life

@shibao @skadi
> [...] when everyone has different host setups and library versions and maybe didnt follow the setup process exactly or theyre on another os without a necessary dependency [...]

that's broken software :P

> [...] when everyone has different host setups and library versions and maybe didnt follow the setup process exactly or theyre on another os without a necessary dependency[...]

this env var madness got popular with docker. sane software used (and still uses) config files or commandline flags. yes i know, flags leak in the process list, but containers were never secure in the first place. secrets should live in files anyway, as unix file permissions are at least remotely secure and permit a mental model.

@skadi yip. if it requires a bespoke docker environment, it's shit. the bright side of respecting this warning sign is: you don't put your eggs into a basket with a broken handle ;)