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7/12/2025, 10:03:53 PM
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>>105884341
The idea that GPL is communism is corpo FUD. GNU does not take away ownership from code nor does it force code to be freely available to everyone (that's actually what open source does) all it asks is that users receive a copy of the code they're running, so bundling a .tar.gz image with the source code alongside the binary is perfectly fine.
GPL works under the idea that computer programs are a tool just like a hammer or a screwdriver: you can use it in any way you see fit, lease it, borrow it, study it, modify it or copy it without any issue. GPL itself is nothing but a voluntary contract in which both parties agree to a set of rules. It could be argued that it's libertarian.
>>105884650
>with code that is under something like gpl they can't own it and they can't integrate it into their project without loss of control which means the company must turn around and take control of the organization that controls the code.
>i don't know if you can fix this issue. whatever you produce will be taken and used for the benefit of those in power.
They had to create open source, promote it, run a smear campaign against Stallman and the FSF and infiltrate all major players (like Debian and GNOME) just to arrive at this point and it has taken them decades to do so.
Free Software has proven to be resilient. What we need is to push back without playing their game. No identity politics bullshit, no Linux as an OS, no open source as a necessity nor proprietary crap as a necessary evil. If it truly was a losing game they wouldn't freak out and burn over fucking XLibre.
>>105884341
The idea that GPL is communism is corpo FUD. GNU does not take away ownership from code nor does it force code to be freely available to everyone (that's actually what open source does) all it asks is that users receive a copy of the code they're running, so bundling a .tar.gz image with the source code alongside the binary is perfectly fine.
GPL works under the idea that computer programs are a tool just like a hammer or a screwdriver: you can use it in any way you see fit, lease it, borrow it, study it, modify it or copy it without any issue. GPL itself is nothing but a voluntary contract in which both parties agree to a set of rules. It could be argued that it's libertarian.
>>105884650
>with code that is under something like gpl they can't own it and they can't integrate it into their project without loss of control which means the company must turn around and take control of the organization that controls the code.
>i don't know if you can fix this issue. whatever you produce will be taken and used for the benefit of those in power.
They had to create open source, promote it, run a smear campaign against Stallman and the FSF and infiltrate all major players (like Debian and GNOME) just to arrive at this point and it has taken them decades to do so.
Free Software has proven to be resilient. What we need is to push back without playing their game. No identity politics bullshit, no Linux as an OS, no open source as a necessity nor proprietary crap as a necessary evil. If it truly was a losing game they wouldn't freak out and burn over fucking XLibre.
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