@cwebber, are you are familiar w/ this #ThisAmericanLife segment?… https://www.thisamericanlife.org/516/stuck-in-the-middle-2014/act-one-0
…Since I heard the above ≈10 yrs ago, I've been annoyed ∄ a searchable database of known hold music (no, I won't use Google or Alexa).

Another thing I ponder on hold:
When I hear #GPL'd clips that are clearly Allison Smith's voice¹ from #Asterisk, I ponder if playing them to me is distribution & thus #copyleft violation.

Cc: @kevin @clarity @vv @ATLeagle
¹ https://theivrvoice.com/ https://my.digium.com/en/products/ivr/allisonsmith/

@justinf in some sense yes, but the #GPL focuses on freedom for the users of the software to run, modify, share the software, study the source code etc. And it prevents others from restricting that freedom by making more restrictive derivatives (#copyleft). It's not about the freedom for other developers to use the code for whatever they want, which seems to be the focus of the MIT license and some others. That's an important distinction IMO

@juliank I wished there were more groups like gpl-violations ¹ to enforce the terms in the very least for #RightToRepair…

• If manufacturers don't like to deal woth #Copyleft obligatioms, they're free to choose a different OS, like #Sony, #Nintendo (#FreeBSD, #Microsoft (#Windows) & #Apple (#macOS / #iOS) did.

re: what's happened to @Codeberg today.
The AI ballyhoo *is* a real DDoS against one of the few code hosting sites that takes a stand against slurping #FOSS code into LLM training sets — in violation of #copyleft.

Deregulation/lack-of-regulation will bring more of this. ∃ plenty of blame to go around, but #Microsoft & #GitHub deserve the bulk of it; they trailblazed the idea that FOSS code-hosting sites are lucrative targets.

https://giveupgithub.org

@smallcircles
It's a hard & difficult job to write new licenses, particularly a license that serves the users (& not lawyers and their wealthy Big Tech clients.)

#copyleft-@next will move slowly & steadily. I must focus on the final days of the #Vizio case before trial, but I'm looking forward to my “vacation” after the Vizio trial to be work on #copyleft -next!

Watch https://sfc.ngo/vizio/ for more info on #Vizio case!

Cc: @richardfontana @next @andre @dentangle @neil @jdp23

@smallcircles suggested:

> “Or try @forgejo — the code #forge that #Codeberg is based on.”

I agree completely & in #copyleft-@next project, we're using #forgejo <https://git.copyleft.org/>!

I mentioned @Codeberg specifically upthread (& not other options) b/c (a) 500-char #Mastodon limit & (b) <https://codeberg.org> is likely the best option for those who want to #GiveUpGitHub <https://giveupgithub.org> quickly.

Absolutely, #ForgeFederation is the future: #Fediverse for CODE!

Cc: @forgefed

In the case of #Wikipedia, though, printed copies should always offer &/or be accompanied with electronic copies. Wikipedia should really be under copyleft and it's not.

After all, paper printout is but a rudimentary form of DRM.

I'm not saying CC-BY-SA is useless and shouldn't exist, I'm saying there **is no** #copyleft in the CC license group. CC even used to encourage photographers license scaled versions CC-BY-SA & keep high quality images proprietary.

Cc: @cwebber @wikipedia @dos @dpk

An employee of Cook/Jobs, @jensimmons, asks on a copylefted platform what she can do improve to #WebKit.

The answer is simple: Comply with the LGPLv2.1 —as your track record on that is abysmally poor. Participate with upstream projects rather than manipulating them so you can control them.

Employees of your company used to be forbidden from talking to FOSS communities. You've spent decades working against #copyleft. But you now follow Microsoft's plan to “embrace, extend, & extinguish” #FOSS.

Under v3, it's surely a violation,
@cwebber.

GPLv3 group is unique among #copyleft licenses in that “modify” is defined:
> ”To ‘modify’ a work means to copy from or adapt all or part of the work in a fashion requiring copyright permission”

If you need copyright permission to add the REST API calls (which of course you do), then GPLv3§12 kicks in immediately if Chatgpt's license or ToS or TaC in *any* way contradict GPLv3's terms.

Bob's your uncle & you violate copyleft.

Cc: @suetanvil @jmax