> society rewards extroverts as leaders It's even worse: some societies reward quick thinking and shun deep thinking. Mostly the English-speaking societies, people can even become unsettled or giggle if they see someone…
> GPL is cynical at best, hypocritical at worst It's not different from soldiers taking weapons from the enemy they are fighting. A pretty common tactic. Fighting fire with fire. Where's the hypocrisy?
> There's a lot of software that I would like to use in my day job that I can't touch because it's GPL. This is by design. Good: the license is working as intended. > I have no sympathy for FAANG, but that happens to be…
> However, I'm under no illusion that it'll prevent my unpaid work from being used by billionaires. There's plenty of evidence that AGPL is reasonably effective at that. SaaS providers are clearly afraid of it. > not…
> far more abstract principle of the home PC user being able to recompile their own software stack from source. I contributed hundreds of hours of work into libraries. They are used by the same companies that sell me…
Reminder: github star history is in no way a measure of quality.
Let me remind you that revolutions happened throughout history. After thousand of years of cynics saying "nothing changed", one day, a tipping point is reached.
> Nobody cares. Repeating this mantra all the time is not helpful. People have been told that modern computing and privacy cannot coexist. That all software companies spy on them and users can only choose between giving…
> society rewards extroverts as leaders It's even worse: some societies reward quick thinking and shun deep thinking. Mostly the English-speaking societies, people can even become unsettled or giggle if they see someone…
> GPL is cynical at best, hypocritical at worst It's not different from soldiers taking weapons from the enemy they are fighting. A pretty common tactic. Fighting fire with fire. Where's the hypocrisy?
> There's a lot of software that I would like to use in my day job that I can't touch because it's GPL. This is by design. Good: the license is working as intended. > I have no sympathy for FAANG, but that happens to be…
> However, I'm under no illusion that it'll prevent my unpaid work from being used by billionaires. There's plenty of evidence that AGPL is reasonably effective at that. SaaS providers are clearly afraid of it. > not…
> far more abstract principle of the home PC user being able to recompile their own software stack from source. I contributed hundreds of hours of work into libraries. They are used by the same companies that sell me…
Reminder: github star history is in no way a measure of quality.
Let me remind you that revolutions happened throughout history. After thousand of years of cynics saying "nothing changed", one day, a tipping point is reached.
> Nobody cares. Repeating this mantra all the time is not helpful. People have been told that modern computing and privacy cannot coexist. That all software companies spy on them and users can only choose between giving…