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Cake day: June 26th, 2023

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  • what? no! licenses are how authors are deciding to grant specific permissions on their copyright.

    Sure. But that does not contradict what I wrote.

    that is like saying because you found a book in a library you have the choice to copy it and sell it.

    That is precisely the choice one has. It’s a choice one doesn’t have when one doesn’t know the contents of the book or when they are confronted with closed-source software.

    the fact that source is available does not grant any permission besides looking at it.

    Yes I agree. “Making the choice” would require making it without the author’s permission.
    But again, I’m not talking about permissions as I don’t really consider them to be nearly as important as availability and ability. One has the ability to modify/use code with the source and without permission one does not have the ability to modify/use code without the source and with permission.

    So yes, Libre is nice, but the source-open aspect is always the most important component.


  • I’m getting brain damage from this thread. So many stupid people here.

    2010 called, it wants its vaguebooking back 😜

    But in all seriousness, if you have grievances or consider any particular piece of information that you stumble upon to be incorrect then you need to either point that out specifically or refrain from commenting - otherwise you’re actively confusing and deteriorating a conversation, that’s not good.


  • The source code from windows have been leaked a few times already. Try repackaging it or redistributing with modifications, see how far it will go before you get sued into oblivion.

    I’m not really sure what you mean here, it has been modified and redistributed vigorously ever since its leak.

    “Suing a random internet person on the other side of the world” is rarely a successful proposition. In order for that to work there would have to be incentive, jurisdiction and a lack of anonymity :P