@romin Polls restrict freedom by limiting respondents' opinions and potentially distorting them. These answers are useful for structuring data, simplifying analysis, and avoiding ambiguities. However, if they don't serve that purpose, they're unnecessary and dangerous.
@yomiel@nyanide@VIPPER@hfaust I agree. However, OpenBSD is an operating system that includes several pieces of non-free binary-only firmware and is licensed under a permissive license without copyleft. Furthermore, its original software is licensed under an ISC-like license. You surrender your freedom by using it.
@yomiel@lina@sally@pernia@VIPPER@meso Piracy is a tool that promotes the use of proprietary software and contributes to the creation of monopolies like those of Microsoft or Apple. Microsoft, in a way, doesn’t care if you’re using a pirated copy of Windows, because by doing so, you’re not adopting an replacement operating system, but instead, you’re reinforcing Windows as the only option to use a computer. Using free software is a way to combat the monopolies imposed by proprietary software companies.
@gnu2 Sally said he would stop reading my post about free software because I mentioned an author who, according to him, is a "kike". This argument is fallacious and ridiculous, but it’s completely nonsensical in a debate on this topic, as the father of free software has that ancestry.
@Cyrillic@sally@meso
>Freedom
>Communism
Pick one.
Free software, in fact, has capitalist nature, one of the most evident being competition. People that develop proprietary software do everything possible to impose their software as the only option for using a personal computer, creating monopolies and eliminating competition. In reality, the communist software is proprietary, as it seeks to restrict the user's freedom and concentrate control in the hands of a few.
Claiming that a philosophy which advocates for controlling a computer program is communist is absolute foolishness.
P.S.: Even if most GNU operating system distributions come with a version of Linux that includes binary blobs, there are multiple alternatives that do not, which proves that competition still exists. With proprietary software, on the other hand, you have no real choice: you either accept their terms or you don’t use the software.
@sally@Cyrillic@meso I'm not a devotee of capitalism, but according to what I've learned from my president, Javier Milei, monopoly is not inherently bad — only when the State intervenes. Almost all existing monopolies or oligopolies today result from such intervention, which undermines competition.
In free software, however, competition is genuine (only possible in a laissez-faire system). A clear example is the various GNU distributions, where the State or any central authority does not interfere.
I fully agree with your point about cooperation. Richard Stallman has said that free software combines capitalist, socialist, and anarchist elements, and I completely agree. But claiming that it is inherently communist in nature is a total misunderstanding. I’m also not saying it follows an anarcho-capitalist philosophy. Stallman has been deeply critical of both systems in relation to free software.
@nyanide@Suiseiseki Dreaming while you sleep is not the same as thinking. Furthermore, not all dreams come from GNU/God. There are also dreams from GNU/Devil, which are deceptive dreams, of a proprietary nature that encourage violating others' freedom or losing your own.
If the GNU/Man follows these dreams without discernment or spiritual guidance, they can lead to destruction. It’s important to quickly forget them through GNU/Prayer, GNU/Praise, GNU/Readings, or by engaging in your daily GNU/Activities.
@taylan Yes. I remember that when I discovered GNU Bash, after much effort, I modified the PS1 variable to alternate the prompt between 12 predefined colors, corresponding to the representative colors of the LOONA members.
@Suiseiseki >F-Droid is a robot with a passion for FOSS on the Android platform What is surprising?
For me, the problem is that the FSF recommends F-Droid and approves Replicant as a libre distribution that is not GNU, even though it evidently does not meet one of the basic principles of the FSDG: no malware—since F-Droid comes pre-installed in this distribution.
@privateger@Suiseiseki The problem isn't the software, but that the smartphone is a pocket-sized device designed for tracking and surveillance. Just considering the malicious decisions made during its design is enough reason to reject its use.