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@thor the moment you start using anything except public domain (which doesn't exist in large parts of the world) you enter a contract

so.. from that definition bsd restricts your freedom as well ;)
@LovesTha @brion@mastodon.technology

@thor the funny thing is that one can view the GPL as totally capitalistic. it's just a contract in the end. free to sign it or not.

you are free to do anything you want, except to not grant others the same freedom.

i'd argue we'd have less problems with google, apple, etc. if all open source licenses were like this. after all, they all just took open source stuff put their own stuff in it and there we are. imagine if everything was AGPL. google sync probably would have to be open source. BSD and other weak copyleft licenses open the doors to embrace, extend, extinguish.

it's about short term freedom vs. ensuring long term freedom.

@LovesTha @brion@mastodon.technology

@thor you can decide if you use something gpl licenced. if you don't like it, don't use it :) nothing authotarian about that, imo @LovesTha @brion@mastodon.technology

@mangeurdenuage yeah, the german channels of RT were deleted. our government of course denied every involvement in this :) we are lucky that we have the channels of the german public broadcasting service which are, in stark contrast to RT, safe and effective.

@Stridermcperson

@Hyolobrika I had a visceral negative reaction to most of that article.

The only thing I think was remotely correct was the tendency of federated systems to centralize, but the author treats this as an absolute rather than a trend, and ignores that as technology changes, it can become easier for less and less technical users to deploy a particular technology. Frankly, centralization is almost always driven by lack of user education, rather than inaccessibility of technical knowledge.

The author also fails to recognize the role federation plays as a check against administrative abuse, even if a federated system becomes de-facto centralized, the ability to leave without losing access to the whole system* puts pressure on operators to not-be-too-evil. It also allows pluralism in administrative styles.

Obviously there’s a degree of centralization past which this isn’t feasible, but email isn’t there, and fedi certainly isn’t.

When you say the name "Benedict Cumberbatch", do you say it to the tune of "Another One Bites The Dust?"

Well you do now.

You're welcome!

PalmOS: :blobcatcoy: i have some limitations but am generally well loved

Android: :blobcatgoogly: hurp i broke again

@thor good water is really hard to do afaik. the only really nice looking sea-sized water i know is in the newer battlefields. youtube.com/watch?v=-h55PAbxsd

@Hyolobrika it's almost if each day they take a random dystopian novel and implement the first thing they find

@m0urs lauterbach hat grade massiv an respekt gewonnen bei mir, auch wenns vllt. nur fürs foto ist. immerhin zieht ers einigermassen durch.

@dewomser ich bin ja immernoch dafür, dass alles (sonst haben wir nur den nächsten sumpf) in z.B. apotheken mit kontrollierter qualität verkäuflich ist. die kohle für die strafverfolgung etc. hätte man schon seit jahren in sinnvolle aufklärung stecken sollen. sachen wie erowid.org sind wahrscheinlich um größenordnungen besser geeignet zur prävention von schäden als jedes verbot.

@thor i always wonder if farmers a hundred years ago also had the existiential dread problems we now have. i mean, it's probably not ideal to have to get up at 5 in the morning to milk the cows. sometimes i'd be happy to trade though, just to not have to deal with bureaucracy.

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