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#fediforum We need to think about damage and good netiquette, all #Fediverse codebases are open-source.

People using and bring in codebases that are #closedsource are not "native" to the #fedivers. There will be STRONG social backlash about people who bring in closed source into the #openweb path.

NOTE am not pushing this problem, It's what is here in the space, have a blog on this subject http://hamishcampbell.com
#Fediverse #Fédivers #openweb #fediforum #closedsource
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I hugely respect, but disagree with @witchescauldron

Software should be owned and operated by #coops
of curators, editors, and software developers. Right now the big corporations use open source software for free, make all the money, and do not give back to the community.
#coops @Admin
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vagabond
vagabond
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Yes, software can/should be owned and operated by #coops as #FOSS code, so they are adding to the coding "commons" this bridges the more traditional vertical thinking to work in hand with the grassroot thinking.

They can be complementary with shared FOSS licences

#openweb power that is impossible for the traditional closed source world to reproduce.

This is about CONTROL and TRUST we have this chose in the wider world http://hamishcampbell.com/?s=control
#foss #openweb #coops
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vagabond
vagabond
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@UncensoredNews
On the subject of licences there are many views https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=why+corpurations+refuse+to+use+sttong+foss+licences I tend to agree that the current #FOSS model is inadequate for stopping co-option, but it's the tools we have, and we need to use it, at the #OMN add a social side to this tool, the #4opens this has POWER if people use it.
#foss #4opens #omn @Search Climate Toots
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vagabond
vagabond
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@UncensoredNews
In the end it's about POWER, the legal game is a fiction, it's the power that matters, code is power, pick it up and use it for light or keep your head bowed down in the shadows worshipping the #deathcult is the current choice.

Or live in the mess and pretend you are not on your knees, is a good option ;)

"good"

Works for most people ;)

Says the man sailing away in a lifeboat https://www.youtube.com/@BoatingEurope

Boating Europe

Back in 2012 Hamish found a surplus Fassmer CLR-C 7.2 davit launched lifeboat off a North Sea oil rig and refurbished it to a live-a-board. The boat came with 61 seats, safety belts and portions of food and water to survive on the sea up to 14 days.
YouTube
#deathcult @Search Climate Toots
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@Hamishcampbell said:
"I tend to agree that the current #FOSS model is inadequate for stopping co-option,"

Great. Our positions are getting closer. I totally do not trust Amazon, Facebook and Twitter to not misuse my open source software. Do you?

In a coop, all members have to agree to the rules, or there are legal consequences. Makes much more sense to me.
#foss @vagabond
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hamish campbell
hamish campbell
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Though this is as much a social problem as if is is one of licences, much #FOSS thinking and orgs have been consumed by#NGO thinking and are not fit for purpose, the tools are kinda OK it's the "users" that are incompetent. How do we fix this?
#foss

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