"It looks like Meta is trying to push a license that has some trappings of an open source license but, in fact, has the opposite result. Additionally, the Acceptable Use Policy, which the license requires adherence to, lists prohibited behaviors that are very expansively written and could be very subjectively applied – if you send out a mass email, could it be considered spam?"

#KarenSandler, Software Freedom Conservancy

https://www.theregister.com/2023/07/21/llama_is_not_open_source/

#OpenSource #SharedSource #EthicalSource

“Subreddits and servers on Discord and Mastodon provide the modern equivalents of the old chat rooms, roped-off areas for people with shared interests. But now more than ever, we’re all on social media, surrounded by billions of people, and somehow totally alone.” https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2022/12/instagram-facebook-friends-online/672394/

#socialmediamanagement #socialmedia #Twitter #Friendster #MySpace #Mastodon #sharedsource

@josemanuel
> Shared Source licenses ... could potentially harm the Free Software movement by muddying the waters

This is my concern. Up until recently, if people saw source code published online, they could safely presume it was under a license compatible with their software freedoms (as expressed in the FSD/OSD). Shared Source means they now need to check for commercial use restrictions and morality clauses (eg only the vaccinated can use this code).

#SharedSource

Here's an example in the wild of an argument for what's come to be known as "shared source", proprietary software whose code is available for use or modification under specific conditions. In this case, only by individuals and cooperatives.

https://social.coop/@Zee/108845391252990200

#SharedSource #SoftwareFreedom