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I am once again encouraging people to reject the idea that terms of service should have any legal significance whatsoever

Like 4 Jul 2023 at 7:56 | Open on nondeterministic.computer

8 comments

Matthew Garrett

How the fuck do you apply terms of service to a service that allows people on other servers to read the data without agreeing to the ToS

4 Jul 2023 at 7:59 | Open on nondeterministic.computer

Matthew Garrett

Using the tools of the oppressor against them is a perfectly legitimate short term strategy but could people please think about what the ideal future looks like before arguing for increased legal control of services

4 Jul 2023 at 8:00 | Open on nondeterministic.computer

cuan_knaggs

@mjg59 we don't even need increased legal controls. we already have the legal controls, they just need to be applied

4 Jul 2023 at 8:17 | Open on freeradical.zone

Rob Landley

@mjg59 I first started to question the GPL when the FSF was so happy that the DMCA gave it more teeth. It had become part of the problem.

4 Jul 2023 at 8:39 | Open on mstdn.jp

Riku Voipio

@landley @mjg59
"Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster... for when you gaze long into the abyss. The abyss gazes also into you"

4 Jul 2023 at 9:11 | Open on society.oftrolls.com

Rob Landley

@suihkulokki @mjg59 Gazing into the abyss is paywalled these days.

4 Jul 2023 at 9:14 | Open on mstdn.jp

Bora M. Alper

@landley @mjg59 Correlation ≠ causation. FSF might have used DMCA to their advantage but I don’t think they were the ones giving it more teeth. How is it different then using the tools of the oppressor against them?

4 Jul 2023 at 17:27 | Open on mastodon.social

PurpCat (V2) (need more art)

@mjg59 but what happens when the TOS says "federates with the usual suspects" is that okay?

4 Jul 2023 at 13:52 | Open on marsey.moe

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