sanzky @ sanzky @beehaw.org

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and then your solar panels are doing anything for you in days. you seem to have been offered a very bad deal. I suggest you find other company to analyse your case

I doubt it’s the last time. also while “PC” means personal computer, it was a very specific brand name by IBM, not a general purpose term. their computers (and clones later) became synonymous with x86-windows machines.

Even apple themselves have always distanced themselves from the term (I’m a Mac, and I’m a PC…).

that is the gist, yes. they are only providing RHEL sources to their clients (which is OK by the GPL), but then if their client decide to exercise their right to redistribute those sources (which the GPL allows them), RH will then cut them from their services (and any future sources).

They argument is "no one can force us to be in business with anyone" (i.e. go exercise your distribution right somewhere else), others argue that his is adding further restrictions into the distribution.

In any case this is not a clear case for any argument and it would need to be decided by trial, but IMHO it is at least against the spirit of the GPL.

I think the Mario movie did well because it is very different from most video game movies. They went for a family/humor approach instead of a serious epic/action movie. The Sonic movies are another example of this working well.

so, Im not very optimistic about a Zelda movie.

You seem to be up in arms about it so go contact SFLC/FSF or some lawyer who will take the case.

I love this comment because most of the conversation revolves around the fact that RH might be violating the GPL but can do it because most people cannot simply afford to go against them.

it is not enough to point to a repo where you can find the whole history. by the GPL terms you need to provide the exact sources of the software you distribute. As an example: Apple here lists all the GPL software they distribute with links to the exact versions they use to ship them https://opensource.apple.com/releases/ This is what redhat is not doing anymore.

from their subscription terms (I don’t manage to get the exact link on my phone due to their weird site. click on the links for the agreements in the bottom ) https://sso.redhat.com/auth/realms/redhat-external/protocol/openid-connect/registrations

If you use the Individual Developer Subscriptions for any other purposes or beyond the parameters described in these Program Terms, you are in violation of Red Hat’s Enterprise Agreement and are required to pay the Subscription fees that would apply to such use, in addition to any and all other remedies available to Red Hat under applicable law. Examples of such violations include, but are not limited to,

● using the Red Hat Subscription Services for Individual Development Use and/or Individual Production Use on more than sixteen (16) Physical or Virtual Nodes, or

● selling, distributing and/or rebranding the Red Hat Subscription Services (or any part thereof) contained in the Individual Developer Subscriptions.>>

what they put in their gitlab is besides the point. The issue here is they are forbidding other people from redistributing the sources they got from Red Hat, which is allowed by the GPL. They know they cannot legally stop people from doing so, so instead they have decided they will terminate contracts with those people.

In the view of many, this is "imposing further restrictions", and thus breaking the GPL.

yeah but back then it was not 90% web apps. also programming languages are way better supporting both platforms. ARM is far from being a little player anymore

Respecting a license is a choice.

what? no! licenses are how authors are deciding to grant specific permissions on their copyright.

that is like saying because you found a book in a library you have the choice to copy it and sell it.

the fact that source is available does not grant any permission besides looking at it.

I dont think it is only about this app. it is mostly about how the concept of Open Source has been redefined. Sometimes it feels like "source code is available" the same as Open Source (the code is there open, for you to see ,right?).

If someone is putting civilians between you and them and you still shoot, you are not better than them.

their nation was literally built on top of violence.

would you say that to people in every single colonialist country? e.g. the US?

Unfortunately most western states have completely ignored for years the atrocities committed against the people in Palestine. Not allowing these kinds of protests also prevents people in those countries from voicing their rejection of their governments position, making it more difficult for those governments to change their postures.

Putting pressure on Israel's allies is for most people the only way they have to support Palestinians

This ban also legitimises the idea that supporting Palestine is equal to supporting terrorism or antisemitism, which also can increase hate crimes against them (and Arab people in general)

h264 and H265 (not 10bit) is so well supported that it is hardly an issue.

I’m glad you enjoyed it!

non-apple, yes. not stuck in a waller garden, I dont think so (garmin, and samsung make some alternatives)

A lot of it is just difference in vision. FOSS projects often have an owner and they might not be open to switch the direction of their project or be willing to maintain a large feature that someone wants to contribute.

there is also the “I rewrote it using Rust/Go/whatever because that makes it better” people.