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
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