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minus-square@WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish2•5 days ago The GPL, on the other hand, directly infringes on the user’s freedom to fork and redistribute the software. that’s plain bullshit. under GPL, you are free to fork it and redistribute it
minus-square@WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-25 days agowell of course. you can’t betray the will of upstream: to not feed the rich. not a big ask. but the user, as you said, has no reason to object to that, because it protects them from parasites
minus-squareSteve DicelinkfedilinkEnglish1•4 hours agoThis argument only works if you assume everything that isn’t the GPL is feeding the rich.
that’s plain bullshit. under GPL, you are free to fork it and redistribute it
You’re not unless you keep the licence.
well of course. you can’t betray the will of upstream: to not feed the rich. not a big ask.
but the user, as you said, has no reason to object to that, because it protects them from parasites
This argument only works if you assume everything that isn’t the GPL is feeding the rich.