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Aral Balkan

@aspensmonster @onepict @NGIZero And, just to stress, “open source” doesn’t cut the mustard. If the openness is not protected via “share alike” licensing (AGPL, etc.) then we’re talking about privatisation, where code created from the commons can be enclosed by corporations. The FSF in Europe doesn’t currently make this distinction (and has its own issues, just like the US one does in other areas).

12 September at 16:37 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mastodon.ar.al
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Alexandre Oliva
the distinction you're making is not between free software and open source, but between copyleft and non-copyleft. free software tends to prefer copyleft because it aligns better with our values and goals of emancipating users, whereas open source often prefers non-copyleft because it's poorly disguised exploitation of developers, but both sharealike and non-sharealike licensing qualify as free software and as open source. the assumption that free software requires copyleft is a common misconception. please don't spread or reinforce it. defending the freedoms (like copyleft does) is not necessary to respect them, and the criterion is respect, not defense.
the distinction you're making is not between free software and open source, but between copyleft and non-copyleft. free software tends to prefer copyleft because it aligns better with our values and goals of emancipating users, whereas open source often prefers non-copyleft because it's poorly disguised exploitation of developers, but both sharealike and non-sharealike licensing qualify as free software and as open source. the assumption that free software requires copyleft is a common misconception....
13 September at 7:29 | Open on gnusocial.net
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