Julien Deswaef · @julien
1003 followers · 658 posts · Server m.xuv.beInteresting take on the #forking of #OpenSource software.
Is it the one changing the name of the software or the one changing the license that is making the #fork?
"Terraform By Hashicorp Forked To OpenTF"
https://m.slashdot.org/story/418538
What do you think?
Kevin Karhan :verified: · @kkarhan
588 followers · 22706 posts · Server mstdn.social@esther I've to kinda agree...
Espechally since a lot of FLOSS projects are not good at #forking where it's necessary (#VScode being a good example, but usually you get shitty bs forks noone asked for like #Devuan)...
In the end, it's vital to avoid toxic #LockIns and use #MultiVendor / #MultiProvider solutions wherever possible.
In fact, I don't mind paying for #CCSS if it's a good product that just works for me.
#ccss #MultiProvider #multivendor #lockins #Devuan #vscode #forking
Eric Maugendre · @eric
28 followers · 117 posts · Server social.coop
Side note: Github cooperates to #Copyleft infringing #machineLearning #Copilot: https://hachyderm.io/@maugendre/109319649235169964
#Github organizes branches (not boughs) "attached" to main #code. Here is a sketch of #branching from main:
#copyleft #machinelearning #copilot #github #code #Branching #forks #forking #sofdev #dev
Eric Maugendre · @eric
23 followers · 82 posts · Server social.coop
#Nomenclature 🎯#naming pause:
In the #software environment, the #fork system call causes a running process to #split itself into two identical copies.
"The purpose of fork() is to create a new process, which becomes the #child process of the caller."
Taking the #code out of an app and modifying it without the original community is #forking. The #GNUProject in 1996 already used the word for a schism and not a subgroup: https://groups.google.com/g/gnu.misc.discuss/c/XXUp2GXU2co
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#dev #history #etymology #softDev #freeSoftware 👇🏾
#nomenclature #naming #software #fork #split #child #code #forking #gnuproject #dev #history #etymology #softdev #freesoftware
Eric Maugendre · @eric
23 followers · 82 posts · Server social.coopIn the next future installment, we will #discuss #available #solutions.
This week, i am trying to clarify #safety and the problem of #governance at #Mastodon.
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#discoverability #content #frameworks #development #softwareDevelopment #Fediverse #benevolentDictator #dependencies #dev #GitHub #features #instances #MastoAdmins #MastodonAdmins #extensions #forks #forking ☕#saferAlternatives #protection #personalSafety #communitySafety #security 👇🏾
#discuss #available #solutions #safety #governance #mastodon #discoverability #content #frameworks #development #softwaredevelopment #fediverse #benevolentdictator #dependencies #dev #github #features #instances #mastoadmins #mastodonadmins #extensions #forks #forking #saferAlternatives #protection #personalSafety #communitysafety #security
Eric Maugendre · @maugendre
33 followers · 23 posts · Server hachyderm.ioDo not direct your #development requests to people who wish to reject them: https://social.teci.world/@realcaseyrollins/posts/AP5DQvSCdyJ2vEmgXQ by @realcaseyrollins #savesTime
Here is an example or #benevolentDictator #leadership problems: https://ubiqueros.com/notes/97fkja3pi1 by @Are0h
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#Mastodon #GitHub 🧱#orgDesign #governance #forks #forking #networkPolitics 🧩#orgGovernance #devGovernance 🧩#communityGovernance #decisionMaking 🧐#sharedGovernance #consensus 🏠#powerSharing #cooperation #FLOSS #FOSS 👇🏾
#development #savesTime #benevolentDictator #leadership #mastodon #github #orgdesign #governance #forks #forking #networkPolitics #orgGovernance #devGovernance #communityGovernance #decisionmaking #sharedgovernance #consensus #PowerSharing #cooperation #floss #foss
Eric Maugendre · @maugendre
33 followers · 20 posts · Server hachyderm.io
😃 #Microsoft and #GitHub are asked to tell how training their #machineLearning model with copylefted code is “fair use”:
❤️ The Software Freedom Conservancy, Inc. participates in the lawsuit against #Copilot. They explain: https://sfconservancy.org/news/2022/nov/04/class-action-lawsuit-filing-copilot/
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#extensions #dev #freesoftware #openSource #FLOSS #FOSS #OSS #licensing #forks #forking #governance #dataProtection #dataPrivacy #GithubLawsuit #Copyleft #publicData #openData #artificialIntelligence #softwareDevelopment
#microsoft #github #machinelearning #Copilot #extensions #dev #freesoftware #opensource #floss #foss #oss #licensing #forks #forking #governance #dataprotection #dataprivacy #GithubLawsuit #copyleft #publicdata #opendata #artificialintelligence #softwaredevelopment
Strypey · @strypey
1874 followers · 18258 posts · Server mastodon.nzoss.nz@darnell
I did some reading on the counter.social site. Turns out they had a bit of a spat with @Gargron over their geoblocking, and got instance blocked by mastodon.social and other instances who follow his blocklist. So they forked Mastodon and stripped out the federation code.
#countersocial #mastodon #geoblocking #forking
Albatroz Jeremias · @ajeremias
432 followers · 4110 posts · Server social.coletivos.orgkeeping a fork up-to-date... #git #forking #gitlab https://stackoverflow.com/posts/3903835/revisions