Today I found this flashing notice on the daily mail I get from Medium.com: Let me be cristal clear: While I appreciate some tech blogs hosted by Medium, in the improbable event that I will become a tech-blog-star I will never rely on proprietary software, not when there are so many excellent alternative libere, alterternatives…
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Ethics
Your source code is public if you don’t know this simple trick. | by Shoaib Mehedi | Dev Genius | Apr, 2021 | Medium
Please read «Your source code is public if you don’t know this simple trick.» by Shoaib Mehedi. Read it carefully. Then please someone may feel the urge to explain the concept of “Software Libero” to Shoaib Mehedi. Please tell him that obfuscating javascript is not a solution for his needs, quite the opposite
Ethics
A good reason
Today I’ve read «Linux Is Fine, Nothing to See Here» by lawless.tech. This passage got my attention: The difference in question between GPL v.2.0 and v.3.0 is the inclusion of the non-rescission clause. GPL v.3.0 in § 2 Basic Permission stipulates: “All rights granted under this License are granted for the term of copyright on…
Ethics
Computer…
Mika Yeap in his recent article “Web Apps Aren’t the Future” correctly hinted that many people hardly use websites, anymore, …most of our time is spent on platforms. A very small array of platforms. …. you probably spend more time on Twitter, Instagram, and Netflix. … My best answer: Existing platforms with massive amounts of…
Ethics, Privacy, Proprietary software
WhatsApp non ti legge, ma ti spia
Leggete con attenzione Whatsapp: attenzione al ban, soprattutto nelle chat di gruppo. È arrivato il momento di parlare più chiaramente usando termini comprensibili a chi tecnico non è. In prima battuta stavo per sbottare con un “Facebook legge tutto quello che scrivi in WhatsApp”, ma non ho prove per suffragare una tale affermazione. Per implementare…
Ethics, Proprietary software, Software, Software Libero
Tesoro, mi si è gelato l’inferno!
Usa dirsi “farò $X quando congelerà l’inferno” per lasciar intendere “non lo farò mai” perché si suole considerare l’inferno un luogo fiammeggiante. Beh, pare proprio che l’inferno si stia congelato! Perlomeno da qualche anno ed in particolare dal 2020 quando ho iniziato a scrivere queste note. Orbene avendo vissuto sulla mia pelle le carinerie che…
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A Post-Mortem in 5 Acts, of How Microsoft Privatized Open Source, killing JavaScript in the Process
After Microsoft’s blitzkrieg take-over, the Open Source JavaScript community, as we know it, is coming to an end.
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Ethics
Critiques
I’m copying here A short critique of Stallmanism (found on https://web.archive.org/web/20170929154127/http://flowing.systems/2016/09/24/a-short-critique-of-stallmanism ). Someday I will find time to write a short critique to a short critique of Stallmanism coupling with some thoughts on Bertrand Meyer’s “The Ethics of Free Software” (here the PDF of his essay); here a local copy: