Ah, yes, this perennial debate over the efficacy of #GPL and #AGPL licenses. It is true that the “application service provider loophole” exists and that the #AGPL was designed to address it. However, when it comes to preventing the modification of a program to remove the source code offer, the mechanisms in place are simply not robust enough. #NotALawyerOfCourse, but an interesting thought experiment nonetheless. https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/GGyt3EqtXGZ4rvDac/does-the-agpl-work

If you were the one making mastodon, would you modify the #AGPL license to prevent #TruthSocial and/or other specific groups of your choice from using it?

@dma

Cool. Let us know when the license is changed to #AGPL to ensure that remains true tomorrow, and that the #Fediverse remains a #publicGood free of #SurveillanceCapitalism.

@janriemer

Just finished migrating my Google #Photos library to my own server running #SelfHosted #PhotoPrism, an "AI-Powered Photos App for the Decentralized Web." So far I'm very happy with it. Slowly but surely reducing my dependence on #BigTech.

https://photoprism.app/

#AGPL #FOSS

@msw @wwahammy @delroth

I'm not sure how making an offer for source that users can neither see nor access, could possibly be argued as having actually made an offer, but IANAL.

Things like "I wrote a check but never mailed it" generally doesn't fly in courts.

#Copyleft #AGPL #FreeSoftware

Following a previous post, recent studies funded by you, our beloved #FreeSoftwareSupporters, have shown anti-freedom proprietary liberals have infiltrated nearly every #GNU/Linux system! They generally reside in the /lib and /lib64 directories.

Fortunately can efficiently remove them using our universal #AGPL-3.0 licensed method, which will be posted in the following toot.

@hdm

"the #AGPL license limits how much I can contribute"

That's not a limitation of the license, just a limitation of one's unwillingness to share their modifications to a public good.

#copyleft #FreeSoftware

@docwho76

@aral your idea to fork #Gitea under #AGPL license is very very interesting.

Alternative to Google Forms, Full Featured and FLOSS: CryptPad

https://www.ubuntubuzz.com/2022/01/how-to-create-online-forms-with-cryptpad-an-alternative-to-google-forms.html

Sharing is very appreciated.

#CryptPad #GoogleForms #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #Privacy #Alternative #AGPL

@hntooter hello my friend @lightweight. This is a libre software alternative to Discord. It's #freesoftware licensed around #GPL, #AGPL, and MIT. It is in Public Beta today. What do you think?

#discord #alternatives