Tags: Licencing https://blog.forgoodeyesonly.eu/tags/licencing/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Recent articles in the For Good Eyes Only Blog https://blog.forgoodeyesonly.eu/img/logo/logo-1920_hu_a5097c5b924fa019.webp For Good Eyes Only Blog https://blog.forgoodeyesonly.eu/ Hugo – gohugo.io en-gb pixelcode@dismail.de pixelcode@dismail.de ©️ Pixelcode. Where not stated otherwise, content created by Pixelcode on the For Good Eyes Only website may be used according to the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence. Wed, 03 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 On the essence of free software – or: How your smartphone could outlast ten years https://blog.forgoodeyesonly.eu/2024/01/on-the-essence-of-free-software-how-your-smartphone-could-outlast-ten-years/ Wed, 03 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 pixelcode@dismail.de 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. | Written by Pixelcode. 10 minutes to read. https://blog.forgoodeyesonly.eu/2024/01/on-the-essence-of-free-software-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. | Written by Pixelcode. 10 minutes to read.

Continue on the For Good Eyes Only Blog ]]> Why GitHub Copilot doesn’t violate free software licences https://blog.forgoodeyesonly.eu/2022/07/why-github-copilot-doesnt-violate-free-licences/ Sun, 10 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000 pixelcode@dismail.de 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. | Written by Pixelcode. 16 minutes to read. https://blog.forgoodeyesonly.eu/2022/07/why-github-copilot-doesnt-violate-free-licences/ Thumbnail image with the title: “Why Copilot doesn't violate copyleft”. In the background, a screenshot of a code snippet suggested by GitHub Copilot.

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. | Written by Pixelcode. 16 minutes to read.

Continue on the For Good Eyes Only Blog ]]> A Defence of Ethical Licencing https://blog.forgoodeyesonly.eu/2022/06/a-defence-of-ethical-licencing/ Tue, 07 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000 pixelcode@dismail.de Why software freedom should not be equivalent to ignoring our responsibility for the code we write. | Written by Pixelcode. 10 minutes to read. https://blog.forgoodeyesonly.eu/2022/06/a-defence-of-ethical-licencing/ 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.

Why software freedom should not be equivalent to ignoring our responsibility for the code we write. | Written by Pixelcode. 10 minutes to read.

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