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   Jason Self (jxself@social.bobcall.me)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Dec-2022 23:11:00 JST Jason Self

   We live in a digital age, and code is everywhere

   It's the foundation of our world, and we should all be aware

   Software freedom, it's a right that we should all have

   To use and share the code that makes our world go round

   It's not about money, it's about the power people wield

   Software freedom, it's a fight worth fighting

   We need to protect our rights, and stand up for what's right

   https://fsf.org/appeal

   #FreedomToShare

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     Jason Self (jxself@social.bobcall.me)'s status on Friday, 23-Dec-2022 03:44:36 JST Jason Self

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     @ARCONITE It already doesn't exist: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/not-ipr.en.html

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     :sparklestar: ???? :sparklestar: (arconite@letsalllovela.in)'s status on Friday, 23-Dec-2022 03:44:37 JST :sparklestar: ???? :sparklestar:

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     @jxself let's get straight to abolishing Intellectual Property!
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     Jason Self (jxself@social.bobcall.me)'s status on Friday, 23-Dec-2022 16:41:47 JST Jason Self

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     @ARCONITE Copyright doesn't have to conflict with software freedom, and my toot there wasn't about copyright elimination.

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     :sparklestar: ???? :sparklestar: (arconite@letsalllovela.in)'s status on Friday, 23-Dec-2022 16:41:48 JST :sparklestar: ???? :sparklestar:

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     @jxself then why do GNU losers use licenses then?? huh go fucking pirate shit then
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     Alexandre Oliva (lxo@gnusocial.net)'s status on Sunday, 25-Dec-2022 14:14:09 JST Alexandre Oliva

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     • :sparklestar: ???? :sparklestar:
     copyright prohibits (as in reserving exclusively to the copyright holder) plenty of activities that are essential for users to control the computing performed through the software. without a license that formally granted permissions for these activities, a copyright holder could selectively target users who choose to exercise their essential freedoms. that wouldn't be safe nor desirable.
     
     since we had to learn to use licenses to grant required permissions, we also learned to grant just enough permissions as to enable users to control the software, but not enough for intermediaries to lawfully take freedom away from downstream users.