• hglman@lemmy.ml
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    4 months ago

    It’s short but to the point, use AGPL and the problem is capitalism.

  • will_a113@lemmy.ml
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    4 months ago

    This is a good, short read. For those who are unfamiliar with the AGPL license that the author proposes we all start using, the main difference (and I am not a lawyer) is that under the AGPL, the source code including any modifications must also be made available to all users interacting with the software over a network. This prevents companies from making proprietary versions of AGPL software that are only accessible as a web service, which is one of the big ways that corporations are able to profit from GPL source code contributions these days.

  • smeg@feddit.uk
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    4 months ago

    I started using GitHub before Microsoft bought it, what should I be using instead? GitLab? Codeberg? Something else?

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    4 months ago

    Very interesting read.

    I also like how, at the end, it changed perspective to say “actually, our problem is not software, but politics”.

    We must be aware of what agents we encourage and discourage through our actions.