@yaxu Uff… that's tough. Thanks for posting this, I...

@yaxu Uff… that's tough. Thanks for posting this, I think we need in-depth analyses like these to understand what's going on and call out rent-seekers before there's no alternative infrastructure to rely on.

I'm very sympathetic with revisiting Free Software and I see some of the development described in the article as being enabled by the division of Open Source from a more radical Free Software movement, but that's only a very vague idea and there's a reason why Free Software is in the narrow niche it is in.

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@yaxu I'm very much looking forward to federation in Gitea! I truly think that can be a part of the solution.

31 Aug 2022 at 11:06 | Open on post.lurk.org

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@computersandblues @yaxu I think there are some technical solutions, but the basic problem is actually legal, through the licence schemes, so the solution is also probably legal :
What I understand here is that basically all code that uses M$ infrastructure is actually illegal in Europe, bc M$ services are not RGPD compatible (Schrems II arrest from the EUCJ), so there is actually a huge legal risk for all EU companies to use those M$ tools, and they should change for that reason (among other)

31 Aug 2022 at 12:26 | Open on mamot.fr