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by sneak 3y ago
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The FSF are anticapitalist zealots that think the ability to run a SaaS business using free software is a "loophole" in the GPL that needs to be closed. The AGPL is an unenforceable mess that's trying to be an EULA (but can't be).
- tristan957 3y agoHow is freedom anticapitalist?
- sneak 3y agoRestricting the freedom to keep local files local (that is, privacy) when operating a services business is the opposite of freedom. It makes sense that you need to distribute sources when distributing binaries. It does not make sense to force people to disclose private internal business operations when operating a service. In fact, software licenses can’t do that - only EULAs can. Services are not software.