namark @namark@qoto.org
Joined Jan 2020
Look it it now than and try again. The word fits perfectly there. And make a habit of doing that before attempting to criticize wording.
People have been saying for 30 years that if everyone adopts GPL (not specific versions just the basic principle of operation) proprietary software will be defeated. Nobody gets it, they think it's just "dun steal ma project" license, and when it comes time to act upon it (like upgrade for v2 to v3, or even AGPL) they all back down, showing that they don't care about anything but the success of their own projects and the moneys. That's hardly a criticism of the approach and you are not offering any alternatives either.
And of course you arrive at the conclusion that proprietary software is necessary. Why does this happen every time I talk to GPL critics?
The questions had a point, to render the answers pointless. It's just a single level of indirection, come on, you can do it.
@trickster
FOSS is not anti-corporate, FOSS is FOSS, stop bringing your politics into it. Corporations can compete with each other and that's good. It's not about you individually owning the wolrd, that's a wet dream.
@georgia @wolfie @toast
Nice try pretending that you looked up the definition of deploy in the dictionary. The point was that GPL can effectively compete with (and eventually directly eliminate) proprietary software today, while the permissive licenses can't.
The point of the mocking question was that the answers would be pointless. It's a lost battle and those are not acts of heroism.
@trickster D: I repent, I repeent! don't haxx my gibson pls >.<
@georgia @toast
@toast oh please tell me more, my hero pirate haxor politocultural revolutionary megaidol, how many binary blobs have you reverse engineered? how many firmware signing keys have you leaked?
how many of your "do the right thing CC0" projects can compete in any real "market" today?
GPL is a solution that can be deployed en masse today, and "I don't care about reality, no law is freedom" types like you along with the straight up "proprietary software is freedom" types are the last line of defense for proprietary software monopolies.
@georgia
@alex
Step 1. Take everything from a big network that is naturally categorized and jam it into a linear feed.
Step 2. Build a super mega skynet AI that can sort the world in ascending order.
Hmmm... how about instead accept mortality and just don't do the step 1. Every "good" instance should have enough moderation to detect a spammer (or any other type of bot that is not properly announced) within itself. Users should be allowed to conveniently browse instances and follow them. No, you will not see everything that is "most important", such is life, deal with it.
I don't think the algorithms(tm) in the centralized networks were devised as a user convenience feature even if advertised as such. It's likely tools that arose naturally to cut costs and mitigate damages without having to hire and organize many 10s of thousands of people across the globe just as full-time moderators.
take a moment to enjoy a fruit
witness butthurt @freemo
mute all the admins!
@moth ok I got some oil on canvas, now I demand good morning and good night!
@death I demand oil on canvas!
@georgia ok executioner georgia, we're done here, just move the body to the morgue.
vs.
ok executioner georgia, we're done here, just clean the blood up, I'll wheel the body and you take the head.
@apropos@freespeechextremist.com
@georgia I think I found it... impressive performance o.o but can't relate... other than recalling some robots from UT 2004 taunting "faster, stronger, better" after a kill @moeposter @Simpadoo @q @mscegination
@georgia nope, never heard of
@moeposter @Simpadoo @q @mscegination
