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   Helge Heß (helge@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Apr-2025 18:58:02 JST Helge Heß

   It is interesting how many people still live in the old FOSS world. When meanwhile all the rules changed and code got and gets stolen at an industrial scale. Didn't you realise yet that your particular license doesn't matter anymore?
   I don't really think this will kill FOSS, due to the inherent advantages regardless, but everything done is now essentially public domain, no attribution required.
   (unless some hero stands up and does proper lawsuits)

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     Daniel Kochmański (jackdaniel@functional.cafe)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Apr-2025 18:58:02 JST Daniel Kochmański

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     @helge

     As a person living in the old FOSS world I feel obliged to answer:

     Sure, I'm aware that the code is copied by AI slop companies, loosely compressed and resold with the final aim to eliminate a pesky middlemen between the manager and a working program.

     That said I'm not willing to give up on principles because there are burglars in the town. That'd sound silly: "I gave up on writing because someone would certainly take it and regurgitate it. With a profit!". Or -- "well, since they are violating my rights anyway, I'll give up on asserting that it is wrong and leave my doors unlocked".

     Licenses clearly matter to users and signal the author's intention (giving a peek at their motivation). Moreover there are pending lawsuits, and hopefully they will succeed, or the bubble will burst eventually.

     Another thing is that non-regurgitated software, while never bug-free, will be more often than not free of nonsense.