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   SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Mar-2026 19:53:10 JST SuperDicq

   @squish@outerheaven.club @miko@sns.myxoz.net No, because someone in California wouldn't be allowed to use it.

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 05-Mar-2026 19:14:04 JST 翠星石

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     • March 16th, The Hyperboreatkeshiator
     @SuperDicq @squish @HatkeshiatorTND @miko The author is not always the copyright holder.
     
     While the copyright holder is in the best position to enforce copyright, 3rd party license beneficiaries can sue to require that a company comply with the license - after all, what license does the company have if they aren't following one?; https://sfconservancy.org/copyleft-compliance/vizio.html
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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Thursday, 05-Mar-2026 19:14:05 JST SuperDicq

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     • March 16th, The Hyperboreatkeshiator

     @HatkeshiatorTND@annihilation.social @squish@outerheaven.club @miko@sns.myxoz.net You personally can't sue them, but the author can. Copyright can only be enforced by the author.

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     March 16th, The Hyperboreatkeshiator (hatkeshiatortnd@annihilation.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Mar-2026 19:14:06 JST March 16th, The Hyperboreatkeshiator

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     @SuperDicq @squish @miko can i really sue somebody for using software some third person wrote who didn't license 'em?
     i'd argue not, right? if i see somebody using, idk, a steam game without having purchased it ... even if i were a total reprobate who *wanted* to sue 'em, i'd have no "standing" to. only the game's distributor and publisher would have that imaginary "right" in the eyes of the state.
     and from this it follows: only midnightbsd devs can sue for unlicensed use of their software, and they don't seem very litigious to me.
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     March 16th, The Hyperboreatkeshiator (hatkeshiatortnd@annihilation.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Mar-2026 19:14:07 JST March 16th, The Hyperboreatkeshiator

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     @SuperDicq @squish @miko are you really arguing that not being licensed to use software means you aren't free to use it? are you arguing against... piracy?
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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Thursday, 05-Mar-2026 19:14:07 JST SuperDicq

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     • March 16th, The Hyperboreatkeshiator

     @HatkeshiatorTND@annihilation.social @squish@outerheaven.club @miko@sns.myxoz.net I'm not arguing against "piracy", it's always ethical to share things you're not allowed to share anyway.
     
     But the fact that it is not legal, and there always remains a very small chance that someone will find and will be able to sue you and win, means that you are in fact not free, but are oppressed.

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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Thursday, 05-Mar-2026 19:27:22 JST SuperDicq

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     • March 16th, The Hyperboreatkeshiator

     @Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com @squish@outerheaven.club @HatkeshiatorTND@annihilation.social @miko@sns.myxoz.net True, I should've said copyright holder and not author. The author could've transferred their copyrights to someone else at some point.