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Koutsie :unverified: (k@layer8.space)'s status on Thursday, 04-Apr-2024 13:41:44 JST Koutsie :unverified:

XZ this, XZ that... everyone shut the fuck up and go fund FOSS developers 😡

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  翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 04-Apr-2024 14:02:15 JST 翠星石
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  @k "OSS" is not relevant here, as public domain software (liblzma) is not "open source": https://opensource.org/blog/public-domain-is-not-open-source
  
  liblzma is free software, as it's public domain including source.
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    Public Domain Is Not Open Source
    
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    Open Source and Public Domain are frequently confused. Here’s why it’s a mistake to treat the two terms as synonyms. Plenty of people assume that public domain software must be open source. While i…

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