Things hard to differentiate, as it seems:
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Things hard to differentiate, as it seems:
A software getting a new onwer does not make the software insecure, non-free, or otherwise bad.
A tool getting a new database field does not make the tool a surveillance tool.
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A new owner changing the license of a software makes the software non-free.
A system operator abusing a database field for surveilannce makes them a supporter of surveillance.
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@arichtman Ok, I will remind you on Thursday Dec 24, 2026 at 3:07 PM UTC.
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I did not say I don't expect OpenAI to enshittify ruff & Co.
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Things hard to differentiate, as it seems:
A software getting a new onwer does not make the software insecure, non-free, or otherwise bad.
A tool getting a new database field does not make the tool a surveillance tool.
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A new owner changing the license of a software makes the software non-free.
A system operator abusing a database field for surveilannce makes them a supporter of surveillance.
@nik The problem is that #SystemD even considered this #Cyberfascist shitshow, instead of Refusing to Comply as a matter of principle!
- Because once they bended to #Cyberfascism, they'll continue to get abused and shafted!
Not a fan of #VPNs but @mullvadnet 's right with their "#AndThen?" #ad campaign…
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@arichtman Ok, I will remind you on Thursday Dec 24, 2026 at 3:07 PM UTC.
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@nik The problem is that #SystemD even considered this #Cyberfascist shitshow, instead of Refusing to Comply as a matter of principle!
- Because once they bended to #Cyberfascism, they'll continue to get abused and shafted!
Not a fan of #VPNs but @mullvadnet 's right with their "#AndThen?" #ad campaign…
@kkarhan @torproject @mullvadnet
It obviously was Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie who submitted to cyberfacsism when they added a real name field to passwd(5).
More in: https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2026-March/052087.html
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@kkarhan @torproject @mullvadnet
It obviously was Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie who submitted to cyberfacsism when they added a real name field to passwd(5).
More in: https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2026-March/052087.html
@nik @torproject @mullvadnet I find that too bad, but back then it made sense since usernames rarely were long enough and in the academic-scientific envoirment of #Unix (and most of the #Internet) #Anonymity and #Privacy weren't priorities at all.
- But given today's context, thesse fields should.not only be optional, but actually be expunged.
- Or at the very least, one should not add anything to them that has no "legitimate reason" for it.
"#AgeVerification" is #Cyberfascist| Bullshit and it's being pushed by #NSAbook / #StasiBook / #Facebook / #Meta as means to kill competition like the #Fediverse!
- But given today's context, thesse fields should.not only be optional, but actually be expunged.
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