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I wish more people would understand that Free Software is about the users' freedom and not the developer's.
@acuteanniemay then free software is shit
@sathariel Pleroma is Free Software. In fact, it's licences under the AGPL which means that you are required to publish every change you made to your personal instance, even if you just modified the CSS.
@acuteanniemay I plan to upload my modifications to the FE, I just haven't had time. Copyleft sucks, but I'll respect lain's decision.
@sathariel It doesn't suck, it works as intended.
@acuteanniemay limiting freedom, forcing people, just like copyright. (I'd upload those small changes even if the project had been licensed with a better license)
@sathariel It does not limit freedom, it guarantees it.
@acuteanniemay where is the freedom when you're forcing people to do what you want? It's the same shit that is copyright, it's claiming "intellectual property".
@sathariel @acuteanniemay While the (A)GPL can be overzealous, for software like Pleroma or Mastodon it;s the right choice. (also, I assume you also believe it's wrong for companies to stop you from modifying or reversing it, right?)
In an ideal world neither would exist, but we don't live in that world.
@samis @acuteanniemay @sathariel Agree that sometimes the AGPL is the wrong choice, but there are some cases where it is exactly the right one. Also, the term "intellectual property" is best avoided as it makes a comparison that's at best stretched and at worst completely wrong. Copyrights and patents were never intended to be perpetual. Same for trademarks once the brand is no longer active, actually.