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I absolutely support EFF, but it must be said that privacy and decentralization can be in conflict with Free software. Namely, by flooding the world with GPL an
by tannhaeuser 10y ago
I absolutely support EFF, but it must be said that privacy and decentralization can be in conflict with Free software. Namely, by flooding the world with GPL and liberally-licensed web software, it becomes a commodity item, making "the cloud" possible in the first place, and enslaving people.
- kardos 10y agoEhh, not really, the cloud is similarly possible without free software. Indeed much of the big name cloud provider's backend software would be in-house anyway. Windows VMs exist too. I guess your point is closer to 'free software makes the cloud cheaper', which in turn makes it easier to ensnare people..
- endgame 10y agoThis is why I'm saddened that so few projects made the move to GPLv3, and most moderns stuff is BSD/MIT/X11-style licenses.