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Cake day: October 23rd, 2023

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  • Hi there! I see you‘re spitting thruth again.

    I have since gone with the programme for a couple months and developed some foss software, helped make foss software and tested some foss software.

    The general impression I got from it was: most of it is used without any reciprocity of any kind. The bigger projects get some donations and some also get code.

    But stomping new projects out of the ground is pretty much impossible that way because you will have to invest 100s of hours to test and program. Nothing you can do in a reasonable timeframe while having a day job and a life.

    So yes, I think especially for projects south of a certain size, companies should pay. Dual licensing was mentioned once. Something like agpl + commercial license if someone wants to use it closed source. I dont think it covers general profit seeking intent though.

    Have a good one.







  • You do realize that this is bullshit, right?

    Its typical fearmongering (in fact the same article too) that I have been sent a ton of times by low tech users that fanboy for graphene.

    There is no such thing as „physical port attacks“. It also works very different on phones then on computers. You can for example use i2c on an iphone to crack it open which somewhat straightforward to do but still has zero implications for daily use. The linux apps are desktop apps and as such dont have any chance to get through all of the open source community‘s eyes undetected.

    Its a completely backwards take that assumes using bad faith software written in the dark by proprietary vendors which just isnt real.




  • If you would read the book, they explain the point you are trying to make in the first couple of pages.

    You have your opinion of how stuff should be done. But that doesnt mean everyone else needs to do it your way. Thats how we got into this mess.

    Also very good analogy in the book: if you vote or not is your decision, plain and simple. But voting takes a couple minutes on average. If you want change, you can hang up a poster or print some flyers or take a megaphone, depending on what you‘re comfortable with.

    I come from a country where people used to be put in gas chambers because the responsibility didnt reach far enough down and right now, that same country is going that exact route again.