@hongminhee@hollo.social
Salvatore Sanfilippo (@antirez) and Armin Ronacher (@mitsuhiko) both argue that #AI reimplementation of #copyleft libraries is fine. Their legal reasoning might be correct. That's not the point.
Legal and legitimate are different things—and both pieces quietly assume otherwise.
https://writings.hongminhee.org/2026/03/legal-vs-legitimate/
@orderwithchaos@mastodon.social
@null0x0@fosstodon.org
@orderwithchaos@mastodon.social
@hongminhee@hollo.social
Salvatore Sanfilippo (@antirez) and Armin Ronacher (@mitsuhiko) both argue that #AI reimplementation of #copyleft libraries is fine. Their legal reasoning might be correct. That's not the point.
Legal and legitimate are different things—and both pieces quietly assume otherwise.
https://writings.hongminhee.org/2026/03/legal-vs-legitimate/
@null0x0@fosstodon.org
@hongminhee@hollo.social
Salvatore Sanfilippo (@antirez) and Armin Ronacher (@mitsuhiko) both argue that #AI reimplementation of #copyleft libraries is fine. Their legal reasoning might be correct. That's not the point.
Legal and legitimate are different things—and both pieces quietly assume otherwise.
https://writings.hongminhee.org/2026/03/legal-vs-legitimate/
@hongminhee@hollo.social
Salvatore Sanfilippo (@antirez) and Armin Ronacher (@mitsuhiko) both argue that #AI reimplementation of #copyleft libraries is fine. Their legal reasoning might be correct. That's not the point.
Legal and legitimate are different things—and both pieces quietly assume otherwise.
https://writings.hongminhee.org/2026/03/legal-vs-legitimate/
@hetare11@mastodon.social
Per KI Plagiate anfertigen lassen, um neue Lizenzen setzen zu können. Unmoralisch.
https://www.osnews.com/story/144547/the-great-license-washing-has-begun/
@bkuhn@copyleft.org · Reply to Stéphane Bortzmeyer's post
@bortzmeyer overheard at #FOSDEM
> “There is a guy who does a lot of work to help the fediverse and to push people toward it. His name is Donald Trump.”
This statement contains multitudes b/c #TruthSocial is a fork of #Mastodon. Initially, $DJT violated the #AGPLv3, but AFAIK they now comply with the license. I examined the fork & they primary code they added was an advertising platform. Obviously it doesn't have federation turned on.
Cc: @jzb
@bkuhn@copyleft.org · Reply to Stéphane Bortzmeyer's post
@bortzmeyer overheard at #FOSDEM
> “There is a guy who does a lot of work to help the fediverse and to push people toward it. His name is Donald Trump.”
This statement contains multitudes b/c #TruthSocial is a fork of #Mastodon. Initially, $DJT violated the #AGPLv3, but AFAIK they now comply with the license. I examined the fork & they primary code they added was an advertising platform. Obviously it doesn't have federation turned on.
Cc: @jzb
@bce@gnulinux.social
Just placed an order for a new prototype PCB (Printed Circuit Board) for makers. This one charges NiMH (Nickel-metal Hydride) rechargeable batteries with charging speed options, support for up to 6 cells, temperature sensor, and USB-C plug.
This is a step toward our first accessibility product for blind people to feel visual art through a haptic pen-like stylus interface.
https://codeberg.org/bcecoop/bce-pcb-bq25172dsgr
#blind #accessibility #a11y #pcb #prototype #fosh #foss #freehardware #freesoftware #copyleft #ee
@bce@gnulinux.social
Just placed an order for a new prototype PCB (Printed Circuit Board) for makers. This one charges NiMH (Nickel-metal Hydride) rechargeable batteries with charging speed options, support for up to 6 cells, temperature sensor, and USB-C plug.
This is a step toward our first accessibility product for blind people to feel visual art through a haptic pen-like stylus interface.
https://codeberg.org/bcecoop/bce-pcb-bq25172dsgr
#blind #accessibility #a11y #pcb #prototype #fosh #foss #freehardware #freesoftware #copyleft #ee
@admin@mstdn.feddit.social
@next@copyleft.org
Today, we (@bkuhn & @richardfontana) excitedly announce that we have restarted, revitalized, and relaunched copyleft-next!
Today, #GPLv3 turns exactly 18 years old. This month, #GPLv2 turned 34 years old. These are both great licenses and we love them. Nevertheless, at least once in a generation, #FOSS needs a new approach to strong #copyleft.
Read more in this thread about the relaunch of the copyleft-next project … ( or read more on the post here: https://lists.copyleft.org/pipermail/next/2025q2/000000.html )
@bkuhn@copyleft.org · Reply to Nelson's post
@bkuhn@copyleft.org · Reply to Denver Gingerich's post
@skyfaller, to add to what @ossguy said, I think a #copyleft-@next should clearly state that the 3ʳᵈ party beneficiary right to users is intended. While it was clearly intended by #GPL & #LGPL, we've had to spend 5 years & substantial resources in #SFC's case against #Vizio to adjudicate 3PB under copyleft.
Decades of copyleft litigation has taught me that you really do need to say explicitly in the license text what is obvious to everyone, as bad actors love to be disingenuous.
@bkuhn@copyleft.org · Reply to Bruno Bord's post
Thanks those who shared this satire:
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-work-for-an-evil-company-but-outside-work-im-actually-a-really-good-person
IMO, only paragraph missing was:
> “3 hours/week, my company lets me upstream code to their favorite MIT-licensed #FOSS project! That counts. Of course, in exchange, I have to post on y-combinator how bad #copyleft is & file a #GitHub ticket telling some #AGPLv3'd project to change licenses. Oh, & all the best patches with new features stay on our internal branch…but *I* fixed all typos & misspellings upstream!”
Cc: @aral @brunobord
@bkuhn@copyleft.org · Reply to Bruno Bord's post
Thanks those who shared this satire:
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-work-for-an-evil-company-but-outside-work-im-actually-a-really-good-person
IMO, only paragraph missing was:
> “3 hours/week, my company lets me upstream code to their favorite MIT-licensed #FOSS project! That counts. Of course, in exchange, I have to post on y-combinator how bad #copyleft is & file a #GitHub ticket telling some #AGPLv3'd project to change licenses. Oh, & all the best patches with new features stay on our internal branch…but *I* fixed all typos & misspellings upstream!”
Cc: @aral @brunobord
@panda@pandas.social
@bkuhn@copyleft.org · Reply to maybeanerd's post
Generally speaking, #copyleft codebases interact best with small-to-medium business ventures rather than advancing the interests of megacorps.
#Mastodon is an obvious example — which has a growing ecosystem of small businesses (like @mastohost) & nonprofit entities working in collaboration.
We see similar in the #GPL'd #Drupal community.
When megacorps get involved with copylefted projects, it's usually to exploit rather than engage — hence the widespread #GPLv2 violations on #Linux.
#AGPLv3
@bkuhn@copyleft.org · Reply to Christine Lemmer-Webber's post
@cwebber, are you are familiar w/ this #ThisAmericanLife segment?… https://www.thisamericanlife.org/516/stuck-in-the-middle-2014/act-one-0
…Since I heard the above ≈10 yrs ago, I've been annoyed ∄ a searchable database of known hold music (no, I won't use Google or Alexa).
Another thing I ponder on hold:
When I hear #GPL'd clips that are clearly Allison Smith's voice¹ from #Asterisk, I ponder if playing them to me is distribution & thus #copyleft violation.
Cc: @kevin @clarity @vv @ATLeagle
¹ https://theivrvoice.com/ https://my.digium.com/en/products/ivr/allisonsmith/
@bkuhn@copyleft.org · Reply to Codeberg's post
😲🤬 re: what's happened to @Codeberg today.
The AI ballyhoo *is* a real DDoS against one of the few code hosting sites that takes a stand against slurping #FOSS code into LLM training sets — in violation of #copyleft.
Deregulation/lack-of-regulation will bring more of this. ∃ plenty of blame to go around, but #Microsoft & #GitHub deserve the bulk of it; they trailblazed the idea that FOSS code-hosting sites are lucrative targets.
@bkuhn@copyleft.org · Reply to Codeberg's post
😲🤬 re: what's happened to @Codeberg today.
The AI ballyhoo *is* a real DDoS against one of the few code hosting sites that takes a stand against slurping #FOSS code into LLM training sets — in violation of #copyleft.
Deregulation/lack-of-regulation will bring more of this. ∃ plenty of blame to go around, but #Microsoft & #GitHub deserve the bulk of it; they trailblazed the idea that FOSS code-hosting sites are lucrative targets.
@bkuhn@copyleft.org
@smallcircles suggested:
> “Or try @forgejo — the code #forge that #Codeberg is based on.”
I agree completely & in #copyleft-@next project, we're using #forgejo <https://git.copyleft.org/>!
I mentioned @Codeberg specifically upthread (& not other options) b/c (a) 500-char #Mastodon limit & (b) <https://codeberg.org> is likely the best option for those who want to #GiveUpGitHub <https://giveupgithub.org> quickly.
Absolutely, #ForgeFederation is the future: #Fediverse for CODE!
Cc: @forgefed
@bkuhn@copyleft.org · Reply to Christine Lemmer-Webber's post
In the case of #Wikipedia, though, printed copies should always offer &/or be accompanied with electronic copies. Wikipedia should really be under copyleft and it's not.
After all, paper printout is but a rudimentary form of DRM.
I'm not saying CC-BY-SA is useless and shouldn't exist, I'm saying there **is no** #copyleft in the CC license group. CC even used to encourage photographers license scaled versions CC-BY-SA & keep high quality images proprietary.
Cc: @cwebber @wikipedia @dos @dpk
@bkuhn@copyleft.org · Reply to Christine Lemmer-Webber's post
Under v3, it's surely a violation,
@cwebber.
GPLv3 group is unique among #copyleft licenses in that “modify” is defined:
> ”To ‘modify’ a work means to copy from or adapt all or part of the work in a fashion requiring copyright permission”
If you need copyright permission to add the REST API calls (which of course you do), then GPLv3§12 kicks in immediately if Chatgpt's license or ToS or TaC in *any* way contradict GPLv3's terms.
Bob's your uncle & you violate copyleft.
Cc: @suetanvil @jmax
@firesidefedi@social.firesidefedi.live
#followfriday #followfridays
IMO these should ALWAYS be included and followed:
@FediTips
@FediFollows
Physical creations:
@operationpuppet - #puppet #creator, #owncaster , #peertuber
@potterybyosa - #beautiful #pottery
Digital creations:
@operationpuppet - #developer, #artist, #copyLEFT #advocate
@_elena - #filmmaker, #blogger, #selfhoster
@monospace - #Owncaster, #DevOps #trainer
@next@copyleft.org
An interesting thread from #copyleft-next mailing list this week:
A thread about improving readability of defined terms…
https://lists.copyleft.org/pipermail/next/2025q3/000027.html
… has inspired some discussion about broader strategic approach to drafting a #copyleft license in 2025…
https://lists.copyleft.org/pipermail/next/2025q3/000032.html
https://lists.copyleft.org/pipermail/next/2025q3/000033.html
@bkuhn has coined the term “specious argument vector” … but who knows if it'll catch on?
@next@copyleft.org
Today, we (@bkuhn & @richardfontana) excitedly announce that we have restarted, revitalized, and relaunched copyleft-next!
Today, #GPLv3 turns exactly 18 years old. This month, #GPLv2 turned 34 years old. These are both great licenses and we love them. Nevertheless, at least once in a generation, #FOSS needs a new approach to strong #copyleft.
Read more in this thread about the relaunch of the copyleft-next project … ( or read more on the post here: https://lists.copyleft.org/pipermail/next/2025q2/000000.html )
@next@copyleft.org
Today, we (@bkuhn & @richardfontana) excitedly announce that we have restarted, revitalized, and relaunched copyleft-next!
Today, #GPLv3 turns exactly 18 years old. This month, #GPLv2 turned 34 years old. These are both great licenses and we love them. Nevertheless, at least once in a generation, #FOSS needs a new approach to strong #copyleft.
Read more in this thread about the relaunch of the copyleft-next project … ( or read more on the post here: https://lists.copyleft.org/pipermail/next/2025q2/000000.html )
@next@copyleft.org
Today, we (@bkuhn & @richardfontana) excitedly announce that we have restarted, revitalized, and relaunched copyleft-next!
Today, #GPLv3 turns exactly 18 years old. This month, #GPLv2 turned 34 years old. These are both great licenses and we love them. Nevertheless, at least once in a generation, #FOSS needs a new approach to strong #copyleft.
Read more in this thread about the relaunch of the copyleft-next project … ( or read more on the post here: https://lists.copyleft.org/pipermail/next/2025q2/000000.html )
@neptune22222@kolektiva.social
What is copyleft AI? What is copyleft data? How do we implement copyleft when it comes to data and AI and data used to train AI?
@alxd@writing.exchange
#creativeCommons question:
What is the best place to create a gallery / database of CC-licensed art to make it easily searchable?
I'm thinking about gathering all the #solarpunk #art I commissioned - or from the artists I know and putting it in one place.
I know of Wikimedia Commons, but the search engines don't promote it that well. I also don't know how to create a "curated" gallery / collection there.
@chaz@burn.capital
Open source is the libertarianism [derogatory] of the software world. It's the adolescent, knee-jerk "don't tell me what to do" of licensing.
And just like libertarianism, it's completely co-opted by big money interests using the sentiment to entrench their own interests over the needs of real human beings.
Copyleft on the other hand is punk as fuck. Copyleft is anarchist praxis for software. Copyleft builds community. Copyleft ensures code belongs to actual human beings in perpetuity, even as it grows and evolves.
Fuck open source. Use copyleft licenses.
@RainbowCookie@infosec.exchange
Hello! I'm RainbowCookie, I use mostly #FOSS (#FLOSS, #OpenSource) software.
I will post random thoughts, memes, and miscellaneous things I find interesting. And I talk tech stuff.
Some things I value are #Copyleft, #DigitalPrivacy, #OpenScience, #FreedomOfSpeech, and other things that let people share.
Have a nice day!
@jbz@indieweb.social
♻️ Forgejo changes license to GPLv3+
— LWN
｢ Recently, we discovered that some of the dependencies we used were incompatible with the license Forgejo was distributed with, and they had to be removed for now. Choosing copyleft licenses enables us to reuse more work, and saves us precious time to focus on improving Forgejo itself ｣
@bladews@fosstodon.org
@nemobis@mamot.fr
Re-#introduction: recurring topics here.
#Wikimedia #Wikidata #Wikipedia #MediaWiki #OpenStreetMap #Wikimania #Wikisource #WikiCite #OpenRefine #wiki #Wiktionary #WikiLovesMonuments #Wikibase #Wikiquote
#i18n #L10n #translatewiki.net #Unicode #CLDR #languages
#Copyright #PublicDomain #PubblicoDominio #Copyleft #CreativeCommons #OpenData #UploadFilters #LicenzaLibera #DatiAperti
#InternetArchive #books #biblioteche #library #Koha #KohaILS #GLAM
#WikiTeam #digipres #ArchiveTeam #XSLT
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@neptune22222@kolektiva.social
@neptune22222@kolektiva.social
I fight for the users.
I love programming and thinking and talking about thinking. I have an education (BS, MS, PhD) focused on artificial intelligence and neuroscience.
I'm an advocate of the public academic pursuit of knowledge, the scientific process, peer review, and I see open source software and hardware as an essential part of the scientific process.
I see software user rights, including security and privacy, to be protected mainly by free open source software, specifically software with a copyleft license, i.e. GPL or Mozilla.
I see the democratizing effects of the Internet, including distributed journalism and social networking, to be largely the effect of the collaborative development of free and open source software.
I am interested in free and open source manufacturing, including open source 3D printers and CNC machines. I believe open source manufacturing will be important for distributed manufacturing, allowing local manufacturing and local labor.
I see worker-owned coops as the way to safely transition from a non-democratic authoritarian top-down power structure of a traditional corporation to a democratic work environment, where the workers own the company and elect the board of directors, transitioning to democracy in the workplace.
I believe that socialism is a regulatory response to capitalism.
I believe that laws, money, corporations, and government are social agreements, and I'm in favor of democratic social agreements.
I believe in the organized non-violent boycott as a way to control capitalists and change corrupt systems.
I am a pacifist. I am against violence. I am against citizens keeping guns in cities and towns with children. I am against war.
I try to eat plant-based / vegan foods to boycott the animal industry, to help with the climate crisis, to improve my health, to avoid animal cruelty, and to avoid the extinction of species of plants, animals and ecosystems.
I have been diagnosed with Retinitus Pigmentosa, which is a disease of progressive retinal degeneration. I am legally blind, although I have about 5-degrees of vision remaining in my fovea. I'm interested in researching and developing BCIs (Brain-Computer Interfaces), specifically BCIs that function as vision prostheses that may help with conditions like RP, or the more common degenerative retinal disease AMD (Age-related Macular Degeneration).
I enjoy playing computer games like Age of Empires and Rimworld. I used to program computer games when I was younger and would like to get back to it one day.
I love playing music, especially bass guitar. I've been listening to a lot of Rage Against the Machine and Enya recently.
I enjoy reading books, mostly non-fiction.
I enjoy studying religions. I've found a lot of value in Buddhism, and I meditate often daily.
Nina and I have recently had our first baby, a boy we call Tyoma.
I'm currently working at Apple on the Vision Pro headset team.
I'm sober.
#users #fightforusers #userrights #programming #thinking #thinkingaboutthinking #ai #artificialintelligence #neuroscience #journalism #science #scientificprocess #peerreview #foss #fosh #flosh #floss #freeandopensource #freedomsoftware #libresoftware #copyleft #gpl #agpl #mozilla #license #ls #academia #privacy #security #democracy #internet #socialnetwork #distributed #cnc #3dprinting #locallabor #localmanufacturing #coop #workerowned #democracyatwork #regulation #laws #money #corporations #government #socialagreement #boycott #controlcapital #nonviolent #pacifist #antivolence #antigun #noguns #schoolshooting #antiwar #plantbased #vegan #climatecrisis #animalindustry #animalcruelty #extinction #animal #plant #ecosystem #environment #retinituspigmentosa #rp #agerelatedmaculardegeneration #amd #blind #lowvision #bci #games #computergames #ageofempires #rimworld #gamedev #music #bassguitar #rageagainstthemachine #enya #religion #reading #books #readingbooks #buddhism #baby #apple #visionpro #sober
@chopsstephens@mastodon.nzoss.nz
Some tags to give a flavour of my interests. On the bird site I mostly re-tweeted, we'll see how things go here.
#nztwits
#softwaredevelopment
#politics
#socialism
#leftwingpolitics
#humanrights
#climate
#davidgraeber
#music
#noisemusic
#weirdmusic
#copyleft
#creativecommons
#antiracism
#art
#queerally
#transrights
#reading
#antiTERF
#legalisecannabis
#taxtherich
@monviolon@framapiaf.org
#Présentation :
je produis des recueils, enregistrements et vidéos de #MusiqueLibre sur
https://opentrad.net
Un projet phare est le #BoeufTrad : musiques populaires à danser.
Je n'utilise que des logiciels libres (dont #Lilypond #Gimp #Inkscape #Scribus #Ardour #Audacity et #Kdenlive ), du café noir et des nuits blanches.
Vous pouvez me soutenir sur #LiberaPay
https://liberapay.com/MonViolon
#musique #trad #folk #balfolk #baltrad
#licenceArtLibre #ccbysa #creativecommons #copyleft
@wikimediaitalia@framapiaf.org
Eccoci qua, amici di #Wikimedia e del #copyleft in #CreativeCommons!
5 anni dopo l'interruzione di https://identi.ca/wikimediaitalia, riproviamo col #SoftwareLibero.