_x11l

Cheap telescopes do this for me :) I usually get them whenever I move places, nothing fancy or special, just something to star into the void and be struck with wonder.

When did I ever say that? Perhaps you should re-read what I wrote.

I was stating we have enough of it as is. No need to be snarky when you couldn’t be bothered to read. Of course it exists, what kind of troglodyte do you take me as, sir?!

I hope this is sarcasm. Please do not do this. The world is crappy enough as is, no need for more spam and more privacy loss to keep an image site afloat.

Fair enough, IANAL so I guess I let emotion get the best of me. That said as of v3 of the GPL: “ You may not impose any further restrictions on the exercise of the rights granted or affirmed under this License. For example, you may not impose a license fee, royalty, or other charge for exercise of rights granted under this License.”

I guess I am curious what the legal reasoning is behind them skirting it is.

That quote, at no point, says they violated. Simply, that they don’t care. Which they do not. They care about money. It amazes me how many people want to split hairs for a billion dollar corporation. You can be compliant and still be morally bankrupt and not care about the GPL. Not mutually exclusive. And important note: “which guarantees that users are free to use, share, and modify the software without paying anyone for it.”

All that said, I will just admit that I am upset with RHEL and need to do some more research into the GPL.

Great point, and ya that is a tough one. I will have to think on this but obviously the initial answer is no. I hate more regulation but I think protecting kids from enterprising parents is important.

IMO it is not OK because there are long lasting implications (some creepy dude comes to mind, but I digress) that could impact their lives well past childhood. And as a child they cannot properly consent, and I do not trust parents to look out for their kids best interests. It would seem history has supported this theory with lots of anecdotes haha. Again, just my 2c.

A separate train of thought, but also, GCC was released 36 years ago. RHEL only 23. So GCC was fine without for 13 years. My bet is they would be fine without another 13, too.

Your argument is circular.

And “mostly sponsored” is just another way of saying sponsored. Just because you sponsor something does not mean you own it. It does not really give you many rights as I understand. Because you are a sponsor, not an investor.

You make the argument for GCC but that is a piece of GNU which I feel furthers my point. Cool, RHEL put some money into an already free and open piece of software… that makes them exempt from violating the GPL?

edit: Stallman, any thoughts?

I mean, RHEL clearly does not care about the GPL. Couldn’t the same argument be made then about RHEL and their attempts to undercut all the devs who put in free time to make Linux?

This always cracks me up. The best part is, the same people who locked you up a few decades ago for bud are the ones making bankroll now on the “green rush” in all the medical marijuana states. My local dispensaries are run in the same manner the Walmart is, industrially. A fun exercise in futility is looking at the parent companies and looking at which billionaire or consulting exec is selling you 400% marked up crap. My point being: all it took were some good ol’ corporate profits to change that tune.

Sure but are you really pushing the performance of your phone? More power to you if so. I do game programming and rarely need to utilize super new features (unless AR related, but even then I could get by with a few gens back). For me personally peace of mind and not supporting slavery in worth the downgrade.

While it has a long way to go I am very hopeful for the fediverse. Got the Memmy app via Test Flight and got signed up to lemmy.world in like 2 minutes. Was a lot simpler than I realized and honestly I am giddy with excitement. So long and thanks for all the memes.

Also, bravo to that dev. Seriously, v0.0.2 and you are killing it mate. You should be proud.