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<Quote> In the 2020s, the enemy of freedom in computing is cloud software (aka software as a service/SaaS, aka web apps) – i.e. software that runs primarily on
by duckfang 5y ago
<Quote> In the 2020s, the enemy of freedom in computing is cloud software (aka software as a service/SaaS, aka web apps) – i.e. software that runs primarily on the vendor’s servers, with all your data also stored on those servers. Examples include Google Docs, Trello, Slack, Figma, Notion, and many others.
Agreed.
<Quote paraphrasing> (insert hand-wavy excuses why GPL isn't good...)
I'd say its time to look at the GPL3 Affero license https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.en.html https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.en.html
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- Y_Y 5y agoTFA does address the AGPL, it just says it's bad because big companies don't like it or something.
- duckfang 5y agoTo be honest, I didn't read that screed that far down. But his apologies are the same ilk we saw back in 2000's of how the GPL would never take off.... And look where we are now. The AGPL will also take off, once we achieve critical mass and say no to SaaS crap we can't run locally.