> It is not bad but it is not open source and is closer to proprietary software. Even Windows is source an available with the proper NDAs.
Claiming that it is closer to proprietary software when users still get the source and the same freedoms as FOSS is disingenuous.
> And it does remove a freedom from the user, that of paying someone else to host and run the software on their behalf.
No, they can pay the authors. And we are talking about control, not freedom. I make that very explicit in the post.
And the claim that paying someone else besides author is a user choice has nothing to do with the discussion about user control over their own devices.
Sure, it may take an economic choice away from users, but it does not remove their control. And to be frank, if users were going to choose cannibals, then I don't feel bad for them. My warning in the post applies to users too.
And nothing stops the authors from offering a different license to wannabe cannibals for money if they hold all of the copyright.
Claiming that it is closer to proprietary software when users still get the source and the same freedoms as FOSS is disingenuous.
> And it does remove a freedom from the user, that of paying someone else to host and run the software on their behalf.
No, they can pay the authors. And we are talking about control, not freedom. I make that very explicit in the post.
And the claim that paying someone else besides author is a user choice has nothing to do with the discussion about user control over their own devices.
Sure, it may take an economic choice away from users, but it does not remove their control. And to be frank, if users were going to choose cannibals, then I don't feel bad for them. My warning in the post applies to users too.
And nothing stops the authors from offering a different license to wannabe cannibals for money if they hold all of the copyright.