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Deadly Headshot

Question for developers/licence lawyers: do the #PHP include() or require() functions count as external linking of a library with regards to the #LGPL (Lesser Gnu Public Licence) and its more permissive terms, or so I still have to publish the rest of the project?

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Bo Morgan

@ark74

I really like the gist of this essay. I love the mission of the FSF and the copyleft licenses and ethical goals.

I do have a problem with RMS being on the board of directors despite his unapologetic problematic beliefs. Unfortunately, I needed to double check and I have confirmed that he is still on the board despite his beliefs and lack of apologies. As a reminder, I feel it is important to share why RMS should be removed from the FSF:

stallman-report.org/

#fsf @fsf #foss #copyleft #floss #gpl #lgpl #agpl #rms #richardstallman #stallmanreport

The Stallman reportThe Stallman reportOctober 14th, 2024 Richard Stallman (aka “RMS”) is the founder of GNU and the Free Software Foundation and present-day voting member of the Free Software Foundation (FSF) board of directors and “Chief GNUisance” of the GNU project. He is responsible for innumerable contributions to the free software movement, setting its guiding principles, organizing political action, and directly contributing to a flourishing free software ecosystem. The majority of Stallman’s political activity has been of priceless value to society at large.
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Preston Maness ☭

Good news, everyone! There's now a path for enforcing the GPL even if you're not the explicit copyright holder!

sfconservancy.org/news/2025/ja

The below quote is from an email I received, not in the press release above, but is extremely good news:

>This successful lawsuit confirms that anyone can enforce their copyleft rights; copyright holders don’t shoulder the burden alone! Until now, the promise of copyleft has been empty for many people. I have dedicated myself to changing that because users deserve the right to modify and reinstall the software on their devices. Manufacturers are powerful, and when they violate copyleft, most users have little recourse and limited options. **But this case opens the doors for everyone** to pursue the rights copyleft promises — through their own efforts. **We are on the cusp of a future where people can freely modify and adapt their devices to do what they want, either by themselves, or with the help of a friend or contractor**. Your donations keep this trajectory going. I hope that excites you as much as it excites me!

Donate: sfconservancy.org/sustainer/

@conservancy

Software Freedom ConservancySFC-funded lawsuit gets software repair and reinstall for users of AVM routersSoftware Freedom Conservancy (SFC) today announces the conclusion of a lawsuit that we funded and supported in Germany. (As is typical with German cases, SFC was unable to give public updates during the case.) The defendant, Berlin-based AVM, ultimately delivered the necessary information to reinstall modified software on their device. Delivery of this information resolved the lawsuit. The plaintiff was Sebastian Steck, who received a grant from SFC to pursue this work. Steck purchased an AVM router in May 2021 and quickly found that the source code candidate which AVM sent him could not be compiled and reinstalled onto his router. AVM, the largest home router manufacturer in Germany, refused to correct its source code candidate. Steck sued AVM in a Berlin court in July 2023.
#FreeSoftware#OpenSource#GPL
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Turris project

Some vendors try to prevent you from using your hardware any way you see fit. Some even go as far as to violate the #license. #Fritzbox got sued in Germany and lost and has to comply with #LGPL. Well, we publish all our sources on our #GitLab and give everyone #root account on their device, so I guess we are safe 🤔
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/0

Ars Technica · German router maker is latest company to inadvertently clarify the LGPL licenseBy Kevin Purdy
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jbz

⚠️ Do Not Sign the Qt License Agreement Unchanged

"Some years back, The Qt Company happily sold Qt for Application Development (QtAD) licenses to such customers. When these licenses come up for renewal, The Qt Company claims that these customers commit a material breach of the license agreement and try to force the much more expensive QtDC licenses on them. Some customers will cave in, some will figure out that Qt LGPL or abandoning Qt is a better option"

burkhardstubert.substack.com/p

Better Built By Burkhard · Do Not Sign the Qt License Agreement UnchangedBy Burkhard Stubert
#qtdev#lgpl
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Arne Babenhauserheide

My Letterblock-Diceware passwords can finally be generated in the browser (client-side) — thanks to the improved script by Aaron Toponce:
draketo.de/software/letterbloc

There’s also a business-card version for printing with which you generate the password by rolling analog dice.

The separators between the blocks are checksums, so many typos can be detected before sending without having to know the password itself (similar to IBAN numbers).
#license #LGPL #security #javascript #password #freesoftware

Screenshot of the article Letterblock Diceware Passwords: I wanted to give my son a diceware list and realized that giving him a printout of 5 pages in fine print would just not work out. Diceware passwords use wordlists, but those are hard to type, because they have lots of letters. I’ve been using Letterblock passwords as shorter alternative for a while, but wanted an offline version. This is it.1 … Update: Aaron Toponce wrote a much better javascript implementation of letterblock passwords (gist), adapted to this diceware version! Thank you! Update: I now added a business-card template for easy printing of the full letterblock-diceware creation instructions. Deepest thank you goes to Karol Kozioł who allowed me to use the business-card template under free licenses (see letterblock-diceware-card.tex for details).
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Daniel Quinn

Software developers of Mastodon! I'm in search of the right license for my new #Python library (a #Django extension)

I want something copyleft/reciprocal that also applies to network communications like the #AGPL, but I'd rather it not override the license of other parts of the project, like the #LGPL. Basically, if you change the library, you must share those changes, but I don't want to force you to share your entire website's codebase.

What's my best option?

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Markus Werle

@pluralistic @timoreilly @internetarchive @AuthorsAlliance Many thanks for this elaborate discussion which is painful to grok in its consequences. Interestingly the article only deals with copy**right**. The hotter case for me is copy**left**. I choose #GPL or #LGPL because I want derivative work to maintain the same conditions. So despite recent rulings about copyright failure, how scrapers use my copylefted code does not explicitly transcend the required copyleft into the derivative work.

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jacqueline

@youen

"(...) Question #licensing #OpenSource: does anyone know what the options are for distributing an open source video game using the #UnrealEngine engine ?

According to Epic's FAQ
unrealengine.com/en-US/faq, you can use "non-copyleft" licenses like MIT or BSD.

But in this case I would like the game itself to be #copyleft (for example #LGPL), without this impacting the unreal engine part of course.

And also, can the same license cover the code/binary and the assets? (...)"

Unreal EngineFrequently Asked Questions - Unreal EngineThanks for considering Unreal Engine for your development needs. Here you will find a list of common questions answered to make informed decisions with little guesswork.
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