There should be a #FreeSoftware suggester bot on #Mastodon that goes over proprietary software hashtags and annoys everybody with suggesting an alternative that respects #UserFreedom.
@blenderdumbass Freedom means to also free to choose even if it shooting your self in the foot.
You can't avoid proprietary software entirely. Besides even GPL-3.0 restricts your freedom on what you use your software on already so yeah.
@thaodan @blenderdumbass your comment on gpl sounds wrong. how would it restrict use?
i like the bot idea :)
What? GPL doesn't restrict the use of software. There is a section specifically stating that for use only you don't even need to agree to the damn license.
Maybe you mean it is potentially breaking the GPL to release code under it on Apple's Stores. Yes that is true. But that is not touching the user in anyway. Just the devs and Apple Stores.
@blenderdumbass GPL-3.0 has clauses to prevent the use on devices who are locked without means to remove the lock which in some contexts impossible or not legal. GPL-3.0 because of the Tivo Clauses and the not existing help from the FSF to clarify has been a big issue.
@thaodan The Tivo clauses are on the manufacturers of the devices. It has no connection with what the user can do with the device. Again since for use the program you don't need to agree to the GPL, you can use GPL'd program on any device. You need to respect the GPL only when you convey the program. As in if you redistribute it. And the Tivo Clause is only applicable if you distribute it with hardware. To make sure that this hardware enables the user to change the software.
@blenderdumbass Think a little further ahead what affects the developer affects the user. Because of the muddy legal situation on GPL-3.0 there are many situations where GPL-3.0 is avoided. But the issue isn't just technical but also political and related to the bad handling of politics around the GPL by the FSF.
@thaodan GPL is a copyright license. It is not an End User License Agreement.
@thaodan
> Freedom means to also free to choose even if it shooting your self in the foot.
I agree with that. Forcing people for their own good against their will is called #Paternalism and it is an injustice.
> You can't avoid proprietary software entirely.
Perhaps, but that kind of thinking is making you lose before you start fighting. Ask yourself instead "how can one avoid proprietary software entirely?". This at least will give you some chance at success.