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ddevault

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About ddevault

https://drewdevault.com

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    Comment #36519702

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    Comment #36519564

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    Comment #36517645

    I dunno, names are scarce and if a project fails then I don't see too much wrong with reuse of the name.

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    Comment #36504452

    That's not quite how it works, you can relicense stuff under GPL and your distribution and any changes you made are GPL'd but the original remains MIT. https://writefreesoftware.or…

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    Comment #36504437

    It's just such a pointless distraction. Don't make it about you? It reminds me of men who hear that women get paid less and start complaining about their own salary. "Hey, we have …

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    Comment #36504322

    Really done with this take. Show some solidarity for your peers. So you like working from the office -- good for you! Do that! But also stand up for your colleagues who don't want …

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    Comment #36490184

    Evolutionary psychology is psuedoscience.

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    Comment #36392657

    Not sure that "copyleft" is confusing or falling into disuse, I hear people talking about it without confusion pretty often. First time I've heard "reciprocal licensing".

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    Comment #36392438

    I dunno, it's just a place to store the code, and SourceHut is itself free software. I could put it on Codeberg or something, I guess, but it doesn't really seem like a big deal. N…

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    Comment #36392329

    I feel like it's pretty explicit: > You are entitled to the use of any free software for any purpose, including commercial use – counter-intuitively, you can sell free software. Th…

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    Comment #36392207

    This is addressed a bit here: https://writefreesoftware.org/blog/free-software-games/#but-... tl;dr: access to the source code will help people develop cheats but it's not really r…

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    Comment #36392185

    Not sure how this comes across as self-serving or what the nature of this protest is, but if you explain it in more detail perhaps I can make a correction.

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    Comment #36392162

    Commons Clause is non-free. It does not meet freedom 0: https://writefreesoftware.org/learn/four-freedoms/#0-use-the... There are also specific comments about non-free source-avail…

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    Comment #36198570

    I had the opposite issue -- something like 90% of genuine payments on my account are rejected by the fraud detector on the first try and have to be retried daily for several days b…

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    Comment #36194485

    I have also written a more comprehensive resource here: https://writefreesoftware.org/learn/participate/choose-a-lic...

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    Comment #35834147

    I take pride in making my websites accessible for everyone regardless of the monetary incentive to do so, and to make inaccessible websites simply because you don't think there's m…

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    Comment #35829205

    https://www.polygon.com/23695923/mtg-aftermath-pinkerton-rai...

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    Comment #35643734

    This website's GDPR pop-up is unlawful. 1. More clicks to opt-out than in 2. "Legitimate interest" is made up 3. Having to untick options one a time is illegal

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    Comment #35638484

    It would range from unfortunate to a non-issue. The entire flight is not expected to be successful, the purpose is data gathering. The worst case scenario is that it fails on the p…

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    Comment #35638239

    The cheapest and most popular rocket today in terms of cost per kilogram sent to low-earth-orbit is the SpaceX Falcon 9, which is estimated to cost about $2700/kg. If the Starship …

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