• webghost0101@sopuli.xyz
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    3 months ago

    I am out of the loop but it seems like a topic to once again promote my age old belief that:

    The moment purchased or licensed software is no longer serviced or supported it must become open-source.

    No exception. I am still waiting on the firmware to reprogram my smartish oven.

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      3 months ago

      I’d go even further: developers ought to be required to submit reproducible builds to the Library of Congress in order to be eligible for copyright in the first place.

      (And copyright ought to be shortened back to its original term length, by the way.)

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        3 months ago

        Sadly, even if I’m moralistically in favor, there is so much insane computer science logic (and proprietary mechanisms) behind the process of compilation, especially on certain embedded systems where this issue comes up, that I doubt that could ever be pushed into law.

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            3 months ago

            It being possible for some is quite literally you using an anecdote to try and prove a norm. I sincerely hope you have enough logic skills to understand why that is stupid, incorrect, and bad logic…

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      3 months ago

      This reminds me of warzone 2100. After its publisher (punpkin) ceased trading, some dedicated ex-employees and community members managed to liberate the source code in 2004.

      Now it’s available in some of the major distros and is still updated to this day.