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781.
by pabs3 1y ago
You have the right idea; audit all the software you run, including dependencies, and make sure that they are all viable, by contributing back with dev hours and funding, and advocate that other related companies do the same.
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OSS Licensing Sucks(jackson.dev)
4 points by pabs3 1y ago|0 comments
783.
by pabs3 1y ago
AGPL/GPL require people to contribute forward to users, not back to maintainers. They also don't require any monetary compensation, which is what companies like Elastic are mainly after, not code contributions.
784.
by pabs3 1y ago
GPLv2 has the same requirements as GPLv3 around installation of modifications. The GPLv3 also doesn't prevent what TiVo did; breaking the proprietary software when run on modified GPLed software. TiVo didn't prevent installation o
785.
by pabs3 1y ago
AGPLv3 doesn't block folks from selling services based on your software, they just have to ensure their users can get a copy of the code. Also AGPL is FOSS.
786.
by pabs3 1y ago
There are lots of open source folks getting paid, definitely not the majority though. https://github.com/fossjobs/fossjobs/wiki/resources
787.
by pabs3 1y ago
Indeed, see for example Vizio (or Tesla) or many other examples. https://sfconservancy.org/copyleft-compliance/vizio.html
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by pabs3 1y ago
SFC are the same as FSF effectively, or even better. Their GPL lawsuit against Vizio for example is brilliant, they are suing as a third-party beneficiary of the GPL, rather than as a copyright holder. If they win then it means any recipien
789.
Microsoft open-sources Bill Gates' 6502 BASIC from 1978(arstechnica.com)
3 points by pabs3 1y ago|1 comments
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Rug pulls, forks, and open-source feudalism(lwn.net)
276 points by pabs3 1y ago|170 comments
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Rare and Old Computers(randoc.wordpress.com)
4 points by pabs3 1y ago|0 comments
792.
cparted – curses front end to pyparted that mimics cfdisk(github.com)
2 points by pabs3 1y ago|0 comments
793.
by pabs3 1y ago
I have started an ArchiveBot job for this website, so the site and all the pages it links to will be on web.archive.org for future viewing. Should be up in a few days to a week. https://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php/Ar
794.
by pabs3 1y ago
They are still dependent on sponsors, just ones that donate cash instead of resources.
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by pabs3 1y ago
That was what I said in my last sentence. The market that will dry up is writing code in the first place.
796.
by pabs3 1y ago
There were commits in 2024: https://github.com/orgs/etoile/repositories
797.
by pabs3 1y ago
Works fine if you don't use https, possibly your browser tries that first?
798.
by pabs3 1y ago
Um, branches are not unlisted: https://github.com/AgentEnder/github-issues/branches/all
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Étoilé – desktop built on GNUStep(etoileos.com)
251 points by pabs3 1y ago|112 comments
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pgBackRest – Reliable PostgreSQL Backup and Restore(pgbackrest.org)
2 points by pabs3 1y ago|0 comments
801.
by pabs3 1y ago
Start a worker-owned tech co-op? Not much point though, since people are going to pay AI to write their code instead, and so the market for consultants will dry up. Probably lots of market space for fixing up broken AI code though :)
802.
by pabs3 1y ago
The whole article is refuting their point.
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The Rust Innovation Lab(rustfoundation.org)
24 points by pabs3 1y ago|3 comments
804.
by pabs3 1y ago
Meanwhile, Debian spends $0 on CI, buildds, website, package distribution. Its all donated by hardware/CDN/hosting partners.
805.
by pabs3 1y ago
Maybe not these days, but it used to be possible: https://linuxoniphone.blogspot.com/
806.
by pabs3 1y ago
Hardware vendors should be separate from software vendors, hardware vendors should not be allowed to provide an OS, there should be an ecosystem of OS vendors to choose from.
807.
by pabs3 1y ago
The open source part is usually the whole point, they work solely on open source projects themselves, not deploying those projects for corporations. They work on things like the Linux kernel, mesa, systemd, distros etc.
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The Hidden Vulnerabilities of Open Source(fastcode.io)
2 points by pabs3 1y ago|0 comments
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by pabs3 1y ago
IIRC from LWN discussions, some of the newer OpenZFS code is now CDDL-1-only and could not be upgraded to CDDL-2.0 without explicit agreement from the owners of the new code.
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by pabs3 1y ago
The extra network clause triggers on modification, not redistribution.

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