Ephera@lemmy.ml to Open Source@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agoWhat's up with FUTO?drewdevault.comexternal-linkmessage-square85linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
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minus-squaredeathbird@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoI’m going to stop using good free software because I read a blog post by a sketchy guy saying the guys that wrote the software are sketchy. 🙄 No material harm is described in the post. This is a drama blog.
minus-squareCaptain Beyond@linkage.ds8.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months ago“good” is subjective but FUTO’s software is non-free. Their attempts to openwash their proprietary license is enough of a red flag.
minus-squareBlisterexe@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoIt’s not a FOSS liscence, but saying it’s proprietary is also disingenuous, it’s source available.
minus-squareCaptain Beyond@linkage.ds8.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoSource availability is necessary but not sufficient for 2 of the 4 freedoms.
I’m going to stop using good free software because I read a blog post by a sketchy guy saying the guys that wrote the software are sketchy. 🙄
No material harm is described in the post. This is a drama blog.
“good” is subjective but FUTO’s software is non-free. Their attempts to openwash their proprietary license is enough of a red flag.
It’s not a FOSS liscence, but saying it’s proprietary is also disingenuous, it’s source available.
Source availability is necessary but not sufficient for 2 of the 4 freedoms.