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orangeshark commented on Richard Stallman reveals he has cancer in the GNU 40 Hacker Meeting talk [video]   audio-video.gnu.org/video... · Posted by u/fury999io
hutzlibu · 2 years ago
So can you install gnu/linux on someones desktop and he can just use it on his own without the terminal? What do they do, when the next update tells them that some pgp keys are invalid?

Free software works for devs and geeks, yes and I happen to be one of them. But for common people? Usually not very good, as they don't know the terminal and don't know config files. I know, because I tried to spread linux. It is hard work.

orangeshark · 2 years ago
Didn't have much of an issue when I installed Ubuntu on my dad's laptop with his limited computer experiences, didn't have many issues. Have you never encountered issues with Windows or MacOS? My experiences with Windows had many very frustrating experiences where I am sure won't be good either for common people.
orangeshark commented on Selling my own GPL software, part 1: a lot of hurdles   raymii.org/s/blog/Selling... · Posted by u/jandeboevrie
jacobmartin · 4 years ago
Honest question (I am totally ignorant about these things): If you did this, would you be able to accept patches from the community on the open core? Or would releasing your proprietary code violate the GPL of the coder who sent the patch?
orangeshark · 4 years ago
You usually require them to assign copyright back to you so you can still use it in your proprietary version.
orangeshark commented on Free Software, not as in ‘free speech’, nor as in ‘free beer’   ahmadhaghighi.com/blog/20... · Posted by u/MrRolling
orangeshark · 4 years ago
I don't think there should be much of a surprise, Fedora project is part of Red Hat which is now owned by IBM. Now would they fight to open it back up?
orangeshark commented on The Difference Between Free Software and Open Source   anonymoushash.vmbrasseur.... · Posted by u/pabs3
orangeshark · 4 years ago
I would agree the big difference is culturally, but I don't think it is really just the licenses that they choose. Free Software people value user freedoms, any license that allows that is good for them. There is no difference when a user uses a copyleft or more permissively licensed software because they have those same freedoms. Now when the code is a library, that is definitely a concern for the Free Software person because a permissive license can allow that code to be included in software that removes those freedoms from the user. So they might prefer a copyleft license like the GPL or a slightly more permissive license like the LGPL.

Open Source might be a bit more complicated to explain because there actually seems to be multiple groups under it. A big part of it is more about a development method where you develop the software out in the open, allowing anyone to contribute. This was made popular by Linux and is now pretty much used by all Free and Open Source Software projects. People in this community will often say this is a superior way to develop software over other methods and allow you to create better quality and more reliable software. Then there is the group that prefers permissive licenses because it is more business friendly as described by this post. Then more recently is this new group that wants to restrict a bit on the usage of their software with licenses like the Commons Clause and the Server Side Public License. I know many don't consider these open source, but it is a valid concern for these type of projects and they are originally open source projects trying to figure out a solution.

orangeshark commented on How I earn a living selling my open-source web-based invoicing application   indiehackers.com/post/how... · Posted by u/nephics
okprod · 4 years ago
No, it's not both. Open source is a business model. AGPL is a free software license. Look at Wikipedia, or ask the license holder, the FSF.
orangeshark · 4 years ago
It is both. Here[0] is GNU comparing them. The Open Source Initiative also has their definition[1] of Open Source.

[0] https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/categories.html

[1] https://opensource.org/osd

orangeshark commented on How I earn a living selling my open-source web-based invoicing application   indiehackers.com/post/how... · Posted by u/nephics
amenod · 4 years ago
Even though OSI clearly defines what "open source" means, it is sometimes (often even?) used as a synonym for "source available", as opposed to "free software" (which is the term that FSF promotes).

I'm not saying which term is better, just explaining why "open source" might not be objectively wrong in this case.

orangeshark · 4 years ago
> Even though OSI clearly defines what "open source" means, it is sometimes (often even?) used as a synonym for "source available"

Where do they define this? In the OSI definition it doesn't mention having the source available for everyone, only that whoever has the program should be able to get the source[0]. I do believe it doesn't follow "open source" the development model where development is in the open and anyone can contribute.

[0] https://opensource.org/osd

orangeshark commented on It Can Happen to You   mattkeeter.com/blog/2021-... · Posted by u/mooreds
domnomnom · 5 years ago
Can you ELICSUndergraduate. Tokenizing is normally for if you're writing a compiler of DSL right?
orangeshark · 5 years ago
It is a general term for the process of breaking a string into "tokens" which have a sort of meaning. Definitely a common task in compilers, but not limited to it.
orangeshark commented on Smart spaces will fine petrol car owners illegally parking in electric bays   thetimes.co.uk/edition/ne... · Posted by u/Biba89
hannob · 5 years ago
It's surprising because car drivers are used to the fact that rules are not or rarely enforced.

Just think about it: Technically it would be no big problem to enforce speed limits widely. The technology for speeding cameras isn't exceptionally complex, you could mass-produce them and deploy them basically in every street. I'm not aware of any country doing that.

orangeshark · 5 years ago
See red light cameras. You recieve a ticket through the mail and you get pictures and a video of the violation. There is a lot of people against it and some governments have legistation against the use of it.
orangeshark commented on No More Free Work from Marak: Pay Me or Fork This   github.com/Marak/faker.js... · Posted by u/ingve
richrichardsson · 5 years ago
I'd go as far as saying that the term "free software" is a complete an utter fail. In my mind "free speech" is speech that is entirely unrestricted. Almost all FOSS licenses come with "restrictions", such as you must leave the copyright notice in place, you must add the "PROVIDED AS IS" spiel somewhere the end user can read it, you must release your derivative work's source code under the same license etc., so it is by definition no longer "free".

WTFPL is probably the only real "free" license.

orangeshark · 5 years ago
the freedom part is not for the software developer, it is for the end user running the software.
orangeshark commented on No More Free Work from Marak: Pay Me or Fork This   github.com/Marak/faker.js... · Posted by u/ingve
SomeoneFromCA · 5 years ago
Open Source has nothing to do with Free Software. There is a plenty of OSS products which are not free to use.
orangeshark · 5 years ago
Free Software doesn't have to be free to use either (free as in free beer).

u/orangeshark

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