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1. Jason Self (jxself@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jan-2024 00:19:16 JST Jason Self

   Hey folks! Let's talk about #copyleft. It's a promise of freedom. It ensures that everyone who gets a copy of a program, also gets the freedoms to use, study, modify, and distribute it. A crucial part of our fight for #FreeSoftware against those who would take it away. https://www.gnu.org/licenses/copyleft.en.html #FreeSoftware #SoftwareFreedom

   • LS (lain@lain.com)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jan-2024 00:34:56 JST LS

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     @jxself copyleft is a lot better than what people usually do, but it's still copyright. I wish it would go away entirely.
   • LS (lain@lain.com)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jan-2024 01:34:28 JST LS

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     @jxself i disagree, i think copyright is much worse than someone not sharing their code
   • Jason Self (jxself@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jan-2024 01:34:29 JST Jason Self

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     • LS

     @lain Remember that copyright isn't the enemy - proprietary software is - and eliminating copyright doesn't eliminate proprietary software.

   • @polarisera reposted your post (polarisera@spinster.xyz)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jan-2024 01:39:07 JST @polarisera reposted your post

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     • LS

     @lain @jxself Two things in the US constitution: Copyrights and Patents (to indiv creators, not corp). What's not mentioned at all: Trademarks. All power descend from trademarks, more rights have been taken by trademark than anything else. What lives in perpetuity? Trademark.

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