Trump cuts funding to FOSS projects
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So far he hasn't been successful, but it might simply be a matter of time.
  • AwkwardBroccolli@lemmy.mlBanned
    616·
    11 days ago

    The solution to this is simple. A change to the MIT license to bar .gov projects to use the open source projects.

    • JTskulk@lemmy.worldEnglish
      19·
      11 days ago

      These are FOSS projects, not open source. They’d no longer be FOSS and that would be bad. Freedom 0 is important.

      • AwkwardBroccolli@lemmy.mlBanned
        68·
        11 days ago

        Its possible to add free for all except US govt and that does not stop it from being free for the rest of the world.

        • JTskulk@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          10 days ago

          That stops it from being Free, which is freedom 0. From GNU.org:

          A program is free software if the program’s users have the four essential freedoms:

          1. The freedom to run the program as you wish, for any purpose (freedom 0).
          2. The freedom to study how the program works, and change it so it does your computing as you wish (freedom 1). Access to the source code is a precondition for this.
          3. The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help others (freedom 2).
          4. The freedom to distribute copies of your modified versions to others (freedom 3). By doing this you can give the whole community a chance to benefit from your changes. Access to the source code is a precondition for this.

          A program is free software if it gives users adequately all of these freedoms. Otherwise, it is nonfree. While we can distinguish various nonfree distribution schemes in terms of how far they fall short of being free, we consider them all equally unethical.

          What you’re talking about is changing Free software to be non-Free. No thanks.