Open source just means access to the source code. [...]
What is wrong with this company? How do you have the thought and then follow all the way through with it, that you need an own definition of a commonly used word? That's just being obtuse and annoying.
danb.me's criticisms and tone are valid, but it looks FUTO has taken down their ill-advised license page and are using an unmodified AGPL.
I'm struggling to assign malice here; Louis is a hardware guy, and not every software person is really up on what distinguishes free software from freeware. FUTO seems like a pretty small shop; I'd give them a pass on this one.
He called a liscence that doesnt allow redistribution that changes the donation link or copying the branding "open source", which it is it's just a bit more restrictive
Wonder if he'll make a video about himself trying to change the definition of open-source?
Is this what you're talking about? Is AGPL controversial now?
When did Louis "Right to Repair" Rossmann become the bad guy?
You can read more about it here https://lazysoci.al/post/14401506
What is wrong with this company? How do you have the thought and then follow all the way through with it, that you need an own definition of a commonly used word? That's just being obtuse and annoying.
danb.me's criticisms and tone are valid, but it looks FUTO has taken down their ill-advised license page and are using an unmodified AGPL.
I'm struggling to assign malice here; Louis is a hardware guy, and not every software person is really up on what distinguishes free software from freeware. FUTO seems like a pretty small shop; I'd give them a pass on this one.
He called a liscence that doesnt allow redistribution that changes the donation link or copying the branding "open source", which it is it's just a bit more restrictive
Yeah, after that I'm not really interested in what the grifter thinks.