NVK would like to have a word about the “commies” that “stole” their HWW code that was licensed as OSS
then made it better
Ein super Artikel von Hartmut Gieselmann zu #opensource.
Es ist wichtig zu verstehen, dass Opensource die uneingeschränkte Nutzung aller bedeutet. Wer die Lizenz beschränkt im Einsatzgebiet oder für gewisse Personengruppen illegalisiert, sollte den Namen Opensource direkt ganz wegstreichen:
https://www.heise.de/meinung/Kommentar-Open-Source-auch-fuer-die-Boesen-10438733.html
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Do not understand your comment due to too much expressions I do not understand:
NVK = ?
HWW = Hard Ware Wallet?
But still there is a multitude of real opensource licenses. There are licenses, that gives opportunity to use it within a propriatary project. Other licenses force every fork to republish it under the same license. Best check out the FSF webpage to read more about it.
So maby you can explain first the expressions above and then rewrite what license has not been respected or abused?
Ah, NVK is maker of Coldcard hardware wallet. Their code was fully OSS
The people at Foundation forked their code and made a better version of their HWW.
NVK called them commies and made the license source *viewable*, forbidding commercial use.
They used to call it open source for a while after that even though it was not.
Thanks for explanation. Yes I personally am totally aligned with the position of nostr:nprofile1qyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kytcqypvx982euykjxhaw8c9ngssdg3q3w9a42r0prvjaxv2zfuhk7pjvjq082kj , that it is very important the four basic freedoms are protected.
"“Free software” means software that respects users' freedom and community. Roughly, it means that the users have the freedom to run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve the software."
(https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html)
Since when we say it is ok, to leave one of those freedoms away, we are ok, giving away our freedom.