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  • I use mainly and support FOSS and gpl but this “guide” is poorly written. Use better wording. There are valid reasons to go for MIT.

    The MIT is a very common and lax license today. It is one of the most common licenses for open source projects. Such licenses make exploitation of volunteers by big corporations as easy as taking candy from a child, so they can takeover the FOSS scene and make users pay the price for things that otherwise could be free (both in price and in freedom). That’s why all big corporations heavily push permissive licenses.

    If you value freedom of software, don’t just use the MIT or other lax licenses, unless you have a good reason to do so.





  • Out of date is subjective.

    It’s not only the OS itself but the ecosystem. There is no free RCS app on android.

    There is no “state of the art” (or even close to it) app for free Banking, Crypto, translation, tax reporting (Germany), car navigation, social hiking/biking/sports, not even public broadcasting, free news apps are lacking features, …

    I donate to many apps but it’s not enough. There are amazing people and apps and ecosystems out there but it’s hard to keep up.


  • I wish there was an up to date linux phone/tablet alternative. We are kind of lucky that there is still a google alternative. The closer google gets, the worse our choices get. And with the dev speed of google and apple, it is really hard to keep up with them. Even many basics are still missing on linux or a free android.