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   Sick Sun (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Thursday, 08-Aug-2024 02:18:15 JST Sick Sun
   QNX is really cool because it's a microkernel and it breaks all its kernel modules up into userland processes that communicate over IPC, almost none of its "kernel" runs in "kernel mode".
   
   build off that or something
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     snacks (snacks@netzsphaere.xyz)'s status on Thursday, 08-Aug-2024 02:21:35 JST snacks

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     @sun sel4 is foss, perform better and is more widespread
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     Sick Sun (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Thursday, 08-Aug-2024 02:22:14 JST Sick Sun

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     @snacks nothing against sel4, I am in fact interested in genode
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     snacks (snacks@netzsphaere.xyz)'s status on Thursday, 08-Aug-2024 02:22:17 JST snacks

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     @sun but yeah, microkernels should be more robust and secure
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 08-Aug-2024 02:31:07 JST 翠星石

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     @sun QNX is cringe and proprietary pilled.
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 08-Aug-2024 02:31:39 JST 翠星石

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     @snacks SeL4 is GPLv2(not sure if -only or -or-later) and not "FOSS".
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     snacks (snacks@netzsphaere.xyz)'s status on Thursday, 08-Aug-2024 02:33:57 JST snacks

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     @sun i did actually use a qnx device and it still works. Blackberry 10 was really nice
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     @snacks It's GPLv2-only - it seems that a number of authors don't like freedom.
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     snacks (snacks@netzsphaere.xyz)'s status on Thursday, 08-Aug-2024 02:34:39 JST snacks

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     @Suiseiseki dude, i don't even know what word you want me to use
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 08-Aug-2024 02:36:31 JST 翠星石

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     @snacks If you want to stand for freedom, you should call free software, free software.
     
     If you can't proudly proclaim that free means freedom without hesitation, then you can say libre software.
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     snacks (snacks@netzsphaere.xyz)'s status on Thursday, 08-Aug-2024 02:37:42 JST snacks

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     @Suiseiseki i can read, modify and redistribute the code, that's all i care
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     snacks (snacks@netzsphaere.xyz)'s status on Thursday, 08-Aug-2024 02:39:02 JST snacks

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     @Suiseiseki well, if i'm at work i also have to care if my company would have to open source all their shit if i link against it but that's just wageslaving stuff
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     @newt @sun >dark n edgy
     Small world fr
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     :suya: (newt@stereophonic.space)'s status on Thursday, 08-Aug-2024 02:39:03 JST :suya:

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     @sun here's my favourite article on microkernels
     
     https://archive.is/30hhi
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     :blobancap: :blobcattrans: :blobancap: :blobcattrans: :blobancap: :blobcattrans: (allison@hidamari.apartments)'s status on Thursday, 08-Aug-2024 02:40:21 JST :blobancap: :blobcattrans: :blobancap: :blobcattrans: :blobancap: :blobcattrans:

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     @newt @sun Wait seriously? If you don't mind self doxing, could you say the username? We might have run into each other back then....
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     :suya: (newt@stereophonic.space)'s status on Thursday, 08-Aug-2024 02:40:22 JST :suya:

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     @allison @sun i had an account on their forum lol
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     :blobancap: :blobcattrans: :blobancap: :blobcattrans: :blobancap: :blobcattrans: (allison@hidamari.apartments)'s status on Thursday, 08-Aug-2024 02:41:55 JST :blobancap: :blobcattrans: :blobancap: :blobcattrans: :blobancap: :blobcattrans:

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     @newt @sun Fair enough lol, I think the peak was 2014-2016 and then it kind of just slowly leveled off after then. Do you remember if you found the forum in connection with uselessd when that dropped?
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     :suya: (newt@stereophonic.space)'s status on Thursday, 08-Aug-2024 02:41:56 JST :suya:

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     @allison @sun i actually don't remember. Haven't been there for years.
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     @newt @sun Yeah then we definitely wouldn't have crossed paths, I was already moved on to greener pastures (8chan) by late 2015 or so
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     :suya: (newt@stereophonic.space)'s status on Thursday, 08-Aug-2024 02:43:33 JST :suya:

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     @allison @sun no, i got in some time after uselessd winded down.
     
     btw there was a pleroma instance briefly on DnE, but they took it down as well.
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 08-Aug-2024 03:07:33 JST 翠星石

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     @snacks >i also have to care if my company would have to open source all their shit if i link against it
     No GNU license has that requirement, or says "open" in it.
     
     Companies are free to do whatever they want with GPLv3-or-later licensed software internally - even link it against proprietary software.
     
     It's only if they choose to distribute it to users that they need to respect the users freedom by either including the complete corresponding source code under the same or a compatible license, or by providing a written offer for that complete, corresponding source code (some companies take the latter option and are shocked when users, or the users who have had binaries passed on, actually exercise the written offer).
     
     
     Your company quite possibly could make more profit respecting the users freedom instead of infringing it.
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 08-Aug-2024 03:08:30 JST 翠星石

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     @snacks I care about also being able to actually run the software without proprietary software running it.