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   翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Apr-2025 01:32:59 JST 翠星石

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   @branman65 @PurpCat @RustyCrab @arcana @nemesis @phnt @sam @waifu @mischievoustomato GNU/JIHAD AGAINST "FOSS".
   
   FREE SOFTWARE!!!!!
   https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html
   https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/floss-and-foss.html
   
   
   The kernel, Linux is indeed proprietary software - yes, despite being the poster child of "open source", it isn't even completely (or even 50%) source-available!
   
   Part of the Linux project is a massive collection of proprietary software derivative works that denies the users freedom known as "linux-firmware" (there are also a handful of free programs, with source code, under GPLv2-compatible terms).
   
   If you want freedom, you need to use GNU Linux-libre; https://gnu.org/software/linux-libre
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   翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Monday, 28-Apr-2025 22:47:08 JST 翠星石

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   @themilkman >Fosstards still are ungrateful for it.
   "FOSS"tards in fact only really care about trying to be neutral between bootlicking corporates ("open source") and the freedom of free software;
   https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html
   https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/floss-and-foss.html
   
   >those people don't want some thinkpad librebooted device
   Liebreboot is proprietary software on all ThinkPad's now, thus they certainly don't want that if they want freedom - rather they want GNUboot.
   
   >Linux is now easy to use
   The kernel, Linux is in fact quite hard to use, as it always has been, as it's SYSCALL, /sys and /proc interfaces are not great.
   
   Thanks to GNU, thankfully you don't have to worry about using Linux - glibc does all the hard work for you, with the benefit that the software runs just as well on GNU/Linux as on GNU/Hurd.
   
   >their idea of linux is the practical considerations, less nagging and garbage on the screen, smoother, and more privacy are the benefits they are looking for, they couldn't really give any less of a shit about software ethics, let alone software copyright ethics.
   Then they shouldn't use GNU/Linux, as the sole reason why GNU exists is to grant the user freedom and any proprietary program added to the system is a perversion that takes the user away from the goal.
   
   >the point of language is to convey an idea
   Indeed - referring to GNU as "Linux" conveys a totally incorrect idea as to why the system exists and its goals.
   
   >i understand autism drives you to care about all this stuff
   I was professionally diagnosed not autistic.
   
   >you end up making people think you are stupid, because why WOULD they care about specific language,
   Yes, stupid people think others are stupid without any self awareness.
   
   They would indeed start to care if it became popular to calls roses "pens", as the end result of grabbing such "pen" would be thorns stabbing you and no writing implement to speak of.
   
   Amazingly, calling GNU, "Linux" sometimes has the same result - if someone grabs a copy of the kernel, Linux - their freedom gets stabbed by the proprietary software and they don't get a OS - rather a kernel that panic()'s on boot.
   
   >they just don't wanna get graped in the ass by MS that's all there is to it.
   If you use proprietary versions of the kernel, Linux and call GNU/Linux "Linux", microsoft is indeed successfully graping you in the ass, same as a bunch of other proprietary software companies.
   
   A great example of that happening is Android - for many models, a significant fraction of the price is microsoft's tax for the software patents on FAT32.
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   翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Sunday, 20-Apr-2025 18:57:35 JST 翠星石

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   @djsumdog @Nepiant Richard Stallman does not do "FOSS" - he does free software;
   https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html
   https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/floss-and-foss.html
   
   It is an incredible insult to equate his battle for freedom with trying to be neutral between freedom and corporate bootlicking ("FOSS").
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   翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 03-Apr-2025 14:08:22 JST 翠星石

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   @djsumdog FUTO software uses a disgustingly proprietary license that denies all 4 freedoms; https://lab.vern.cc/gitlab.futo.org/keyboard/voiceinput/-/blob/master/LICENSE.md (link that works without proprietary JavaScript).
   
   https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html#four-freedoms
   >You may use or modify the software only for non-commercial purpose
   Denies the freedom to run the program as you wish, for any purpose (freedom 0) & denies the freedom to study how the program works, and change it so it does your computing as you wish (freedom 1). Access to the source code is a precondition for this.
   
   >You may distribute the software or provide it to others only if you do so free of charge for non-commercial purposes.
   Denies the freedom to redistribute copies so you can help others (freedom 2) & denies the freedom to distribute copies of your modified versions to others (freedom 3). By doing this you can give the whole community a chance to benefit from your changes. Access to the source code is a precondition for this.
   
   https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html#selling
   
   
   You appear to have assumed that "FOSS" means; gratis, source-available (proprietary) software, which FUTO software is.
   
   "FOSS" attempts to be neutral between the freedom of free software and the corporate boot licking of "open source", but as you can see, it spectacularily fails at even that; https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/floss-and-foss.html
   
   >There are FOSS solutions for going the other way around (text to speech) like Piper: https://github.com/rhasspy/piper
   Piper is proprietary software, as the result of the training data is software and that software doesn't have source code.
   
   There is free software TTS's available like espeak-ng
   
   >or maybe I should try porting FUTO
   Please do not port more proprietary software to the GNU/Linux-libre OS, which is meant to be a 100% free software OS that respects the users freedom and every proprietary program added is yet another step away from that goal.
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   翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Mar-2025 23:40:13 JST 翠星石

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   @contrapunctus @vkc The truth;
   "FOSS" is an attempt to be neutral between the freedom of free software and the corporate bootlicking activity of "open source", but fails to be neutral; https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/floss-and-foss.html
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   翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Monday, 24-Mar-2025 11:34:07 JST 翠星石

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   @IlDuWuce @fsf @hfaust - Linux is a proprietary kernel, which you don't want to try - you want to run a free version of Linux - GNU Linux-libre combined with the rest of GNU to make GNU/Linux-libre; https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.en.html
   - "FOSS" is an acronym that tries to be neutral between the freedom of free software and the nonfreedom of corporate bootlicking of "open source"; https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/floss-and-foss.html
   - Gentoo is a nonfree distro that recommends a lot of proprietary software (https://www.gnu.org/distros/common-distros.html#Gentoo), but ironically is possible to use in freedom, as they don't ship Linux by default (you can install GNU Linux-libre instead) and you can set ACCEPT_LICENSE to exclude proprietary software (note that a few proprietary licenses are included in the "@FREE" set any many proprietary ebuilds have the wrong LICENSE).