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regular: On the essence of free software – or: How your smartphone could outlast ten years
regular: Why GitHub Copilot doesn’t violate free software licences
regular: A Defence of Ethical Licencing
all: On the essence of free software – or: How your smartphone could outlast ten years
all: Why GitHub Copilot doesn’t violate free software licences
all: A Defence of Ethical Licencing
OpinionLicencingCopyleft
On the essence of free software – or: How your smartphone could outlast ten years Your mobile phone could endure longer than one or two years – if its manufacturer were not perfidiously trying to prevent that. This blog article outlines why one of the dustiest areas of digital politics could yield huge progress with regard to sustainability.
Published Reading time 10 min Word count 2116
Thumbnail image with the title: “Why Copilot doesn't violate copyleft”. In the background, a screenshot of a code snippet suggested by GitHub Copilot.
OpinionLicencingCopyleft
Why GitHub Copilot doesn’t violate free software licences GitHub’s new code completion is an AI trained using free software. Many see this as a copyright infringement of copyleft licences, but this is dangerous half-knowledge. Read here why this is the case and why stricter copyright law won’t get us anywhere.
Published Reading time 16 min Word count 3265
The licence’s logo with an orange-red olive branch wreath around a waving blue flag with a white dove wing, with the orange letter J serving as the mast.
OpinionEthical SourceLicencing
A Defence of Ethical Licencing Why software freedom should not be equivalent to ignoring our responsibility for the code we write.
Published Reading time 10 min Word count 2042