@juliank I wished there were more groups like gpl-violations ¹ to enforce the terms in the very least for #RightToRepair…
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.
@smallcircles
It's a hard & difficult job to write new licenses, particularly a license that serves the users (& not lawyers and their wealthy Big Tech clients.)
#copyleft-@next will move slowly & steadily. I must focus on the final days of the #Vizio case before trial, but I'm looking forward to my “vacation” after the Vizio trial to be work on #copyleft -next!
Watch https://sfc.ngo/vizio/ for more info on #Vizio case!
@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
Indeed, that's why I've spent my career trying to make sure #copyleft actually does work.
Check out https://sfc.ngo/vizio if you're interested in that work.
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
I learned today that because of the strong Moral Rights protection in the #Philippines , it is not possible for Authors/Creators (defined as "natural persons" by law) to dedicate/release their work to the #PublicDomain .
And even if we use 0BSD, MIT-0, CC0, and other similar public-domain-equivalent licenses, we can still sue anyone who:
1. Misused our name
2. Misrepresented us
3. Misused our work (downstream)
All under Moral Rights because we can never waived it under Philippine law. Even with a promise not to sue anyone is not a guarantee.
So, saying, "This work is under 0BSD/MIT-0/CC0 and I will never sue anyone for whatever reason", won't work under Philippine law. The Creator/Author will always have their Moral Rights as the creator/author of the work. It's completely up to you to trust that they will fulfill their promise. 
Copyleft-Next Building the NextGen Copyleft License
https://fossforce.com/2025/07/copyleft-next-building-the-nextgen-copyleft-license/
From: blenderdumbass . org
A large majority of people confuse privacy with data protection. And lately I'm noticing an uproar of ideologies that claim to be pro-freedom in one way or another, but which threaten freedom as a whole. I think there is a certain copyright mentality to them. Certain misunderstanding of ownership which makes fighting for freed...
Read or listen: https://blenderdumbass.org/articles/the_copyright_mentality
An employee of Cook/Jobs, @jensimmons, asks on a copylefted platform what she can do improve to #WebKit.
The answer is simple: Comply with the LGPLv2.1 —as your track record on that is abysmally poor. Participate with upstream projects rather than manipulating them so you can control them.
Employees of your company used to be forbidden from talking to FOSS communities. You've spent decades working against #copyleft. But you now follow Microsoft's plan to “embrace, extend, & extinguish” #FOSS.
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
The beauty of #libre licensing, specifically the #Copyleft subset, is that the world doesn't have to depend on the behaviour of one company - others can fork the code. Examples of that happening abound. Not so with proprietary. I'm also not a fan of 'weak' #libre licenses, e.g. BSD & MIT, etc. And I revile software patents (see https://softwarepatents.org.nz)
@screwlisp I'm familiar with neither anggtwu.net/#eev nor @eduardoochs I"m afraid.
@kentpitman
For what it's worth, I've made a career out of producing nothing but #libre (#Copyleft) software & providing related services... 31 years now. I'm against proprietary on principle: https://davelane.nz/proprietary
About #GPL .
If I buy a second-hand device with #Linux on it, who's responsible for giving me the sources?
It seems logical to me that the person I bought it from. But good luck getting sources from a private rando ( #sustainability #reuse ).
On the other hand, my #ISP sells me, say a #Huawei device. Is the ISP obliged to give me sources or can they say "it's not our problem" and send me to the manufacturer?
From: blenderdumbass . org
A large majority of people confuse privacy with data protection. And lately I'm noticing an uproar of ideologies that claim to be pro-freedom in one way or another, but which threaten freedom as a whole. I think there is a certain copyright mentality to them. Certain misunderstanding of ownership which makes fighting for freed...
Read or listen: https://blenderdumbass.org/articles/the_copyright_mentality
Do you know any #arabic , #spanish or #mandarin #translator who might be interested in translating https://storyseedlibrary.org/ , a #solarpunk #art and #writing site with lots of #Copyleft materials?
Sadly, there's no funding for the project, only bringing more human-made, intentional, optimistic #climate #futurism materials to new audiences!
#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
It's not bitterness on your part,, @liw — it's having political memory.
Politicians (regular ones or unelected tech industry ones) *rely* on folks not seeing the long game that's afoot.
#Microsoft still has same goals re: #FOSS: end #copyleft in favor of exploitable non-copyleft — old-school embrace, extend, extinguish.
& now fanboys help them!: https://github.com/sirredbeard/microsoft-opensource … timeline starts in 2004 — ignoring early moves making seem like Microsoft just ignored FOSS until 2004.
Cc: @carnage4life
@carnage4life Good point & 
re: Brad Smith. His name is in the top five reasons why I stopped accepting "Brad" as my name circa 2001…I did not wanna share a name with the (then) General Counsel of $MSFT.
I think many don't realize that there is a *lawyer* (not a technologist) who has been President of Microsoft for years.
Brad Smith is also believed to be (we can't prove it — Microsoft state secrets) the mastermind behind the anti-#copyleft / anti-#GPL campaign of the early 2000s.
Cc: @liw
