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Is that even legal to have it closed source in a democracy???

654wak654 3y ago
Is all software developed for every democratic government open source? Weird take to call it illegal. They only got this system up a couple years ago, and they've been dealing with an invasion for the last 2 years.
- sylware 3y ago
  All software running on citizen devices should be open source in a democracy. As they should have a noscript/basic (x)html portal, if reasonable, to lower the technical exit cost of any "app platform" and to provide a fair, low technical cost, and nearly equilavent access to any alternative platforms past present and future. "The software industry" is full of scammers (planned obsolescence, etc). It is very hard for govs (democratic) to stay clean here. EU started to regulate Big Tech, it is only the beginning.
Arnt 3y ago
In the roman law tradition, which Ukraine follows, everything's legal except that which is specifically made illegal. If there's no law against it, then it's legal. Being a democracy has nothing to do with it. If you're an adult, you should learn the basics of law, because the law applies to you anyway.
lovegrenoble 3y ago
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- sham1 3y ago
  Yes it is. And a democracy under (quite literal) attack by hostile forces. Ukraine does have its flaws, with the influence of the oligarchs being a major one, but to not consider it a democracy would just be silly.
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  - willcipriano 3y ago
    "Now is not the right time for elections" - Zelenskyy the stalwart defender of Democracy™
    - _kbh_ 3y ago
      > "Now is not the right time for elections" - Zelenskyy the stalwart defender of Democracy™ Its literally part of there constitution that they don't have elections whilst they are at war, and from a practical standpoint how would it even work for territories on the front line or under occupation?.
    - reaperman 3y ago
      Was the UK one of the powers of democracy fighting against dictatorships in WW2? UK paused elections for 5-6 years during an existential war. Ukraine is currently fighting an existential war. It’s very likely that all continental European democracies also would have voluntarily suspended elections, but they were occupied by the German Nazi government and not given a choice. Finland, another democracy, also decided not to have their people vote for a new president in 1940 due to WW2. They also postponed their 1943 parliamentary elections. > Due to the lingering threat of another war and the Karelian refugees' dispersal throughout Finland, regular presidential elections were cancelled, and instead the two hundred and eighty eight 1937 presidential electors were summoned to select a new President.
      - willcipriano 3y ago
        I figured with these new election security measures, that lead to the most secure election in history here in the US, they could securely hold an election. Just mail out ballots to registered voters addresses and have drop boxes.
        reaperman 3y ago
esbranson 3y ago
California and all the other US states AFAIK have no standard license whatsoever for their works.

Is all software developed for every democratic government open source? Weird take to call it illegal. They only got this system up a couple years ago, and they've been dealing with an invasion for the last 2 years.

sylware 3y ago
All software running on citizen devices should be open source in a democracy. As they should have a noscript/basic (x)html portal, if reasonable, to lower the technical exit cost of any "app platform" and to provide a fair, low technical cost, and nearly equilavent access to any alternative platforms past present and future. "The software industry" is full of scammers (planned obsolescence, etc). It is very hard for govs (democratic) to stay clean here. EU started to regulate Big Tech, it is only the beginning.

Arnt 3y ago

In the roman law tradition, which Ukraine follows, everything's legal except that which is specifically made illegal. If there's no law against it, then it's legal. Being a democracy has nothing to do with it. If you're an adult, you should learn the basics of law, because the law applies to you anyway.

lovegrenoble 3y ago

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sham1 3y ago
Yes it is. And a democracy under (quite literal) attack by hostile forces. Ukraine does have its flaws, with the influence of the oligarchs being a major one, but to not consider it a democracy would just be silly.
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- willcipriano 3y ago
  "Now is not the right time for elections" - Zelenskyy the stalwart defender of Democracy™
  - _kbh_ 3y ago
    > "Now is not the right time for elections" - Zelenskyy the stalwart defender of Democracy™ Its literally part of there constitution that they don't have elections whilst they are at war, and from a practical standpoint how would it even work for territories on the front line or under occupation?.
  - reaperman 3y ago
    Was the UK one of the powers of democracy fighting against dictatorships in WW2? UK paused elections for 5-6 years during an existential war. Ukraine is currently fighting an existential war. It’s very likely that all continental European democracies also would have voluntarily suspended elections, but they were occupied by the German Nazi government and not given a choice. Finland, another democracy, also decided not to have their people vote for a new president in 1940 due to WW2. They also postponed their 1943 parliamentary elections. > Due to the lingering threat of another war and the Karelian refugees' dispersal throughout Finland, regular presidential elections were cancelled, and instead the two hundred and eighty eight 1937 presidential electors were summoned to select a new President.
    - willcipriano 3y ago
      I figured with these new election security measures, that lead to the most secure election in history here in the US, they could securely hold an election. Just mail out ballots to registered voters addresses and have drop boxes.
      - reaperman 3y ago

esbranson 3y ago

California and all the other US states AFAIK have no standard license whatsoever for their works.