Richard Stallman very likes recursions. This is why GNU ( something he named ) is a recursive acronym. And GPL ( something he came up with ) is a recursive license.
I think copyleft was just something too clever not to try for Richard Stallman. But yeah, corporation are doing anything they can to get around it.
If they don't want to talk to me. Then it's fine. I wont talk to them either. I would work in a supermarket. They don't want me to sign nothing at all. And I can do my software on my own.
My view on this all is something like this:
- Users should have their freedoms to use, change, share the program. Even if they are doing it for profit. Even if those users are corporations.
- Copyleft is useful to make it so when those who share, share, their versions of the same program is also Libre. It is not about protecting the developer. It is to insure the user still has the freedom.
- One is not required to share. So if I make a version of the program that works for me, I am under no obligation to give anyone a copy of it. ( But under copyleft, if I do, I need this copy to be libre )
So I can withhold giving away my copy until I get paid. Basically I don't even release anything until I get what I want from the deal. And I can do that for every change I make. But as soon as I make what I wan and release it, everything is libre from the beginning.
I can use screenshots or videos to prove that I have a working piece of software. And tease what are the changes I made.
The question now is, can there be a platform to streamline this process?
legally binding non-disclosure agreements
I don't sign those.
to help open source projects like gnu or copy-left licenses
Copyleft was not designed to protect the developer from corporations. It was designed to protect users from developers.
a big part of me is sad that i will never become rich like my current colleagues
I know this feeling. I was finishing my film Moria's Race which is libre and will never make a single cent. And then I went to see Spielberg's Auto-Biographical film "The Fablemans" and it literally broke me. The amount of evil I have to agree to do just to have a chance at something like this. Oh my god. It didn't help to go see Avatar 2 right after that.
The worst is that a lot of people delude themselves that they are good. I don't think Spielberg is a bad person. The messages in his films seem to point that he is firmly on the side of freedom. Though he never thought about copyright, for example, as being anything evil yet. And probably if somebody will point it out to him, his age is such that there is probably very little neuro-plasticity left there, and if he somehow justified copyright all this time, it will be hard to convince him otherwise now. Not even talking about how his whole career is basically holding on the fact that copyright exists.
To do something about this whole apocalypse, we need to change values. GDP has to go away! Something like a freedom score should replace it. That will already force governments to divert from stupid ideas like "chat control". And perhaps will make them start supporting Free / Libre projects. And then of course, there should be ways to make money in Free / Libre to convince those who care only about how big their pockets are. Donations do not cut it. They are good, but they feel pathetic in comparison to what a proprietary alternative makes. There should be a way to make money without restricting freedom. Devices is a good start. Librem5 and PinePhone are amazing. Software is totally free. Maybe something like a reverse-crowd-funding could be implemented for simple software. Basically the changes aren't even released to begin with, until people come and fill up a can full of money. Each can send a cent or a million dollars. But the idea is, the developer chooses how much will unlock the release. And since it is unlocked it is totally free. And to avoid proprietary versions, until it is unlocked nobody has access apart from the devs.
how can I do the math? Do you have any linksā¦
I documented the math I did on this article: https://blenderdumbass.org/articles/Surveillance_Harms_1000_Times_More_Than_It_Helps.md
Are you the same Blender Dumbass 2.0 ?
I am the same blenderdumbass as in odysee.com/@blenderdumbass:f and as in blenderdumbass.org
I bought a phone for something like $20 which is very simple. It has no vibration. It has 65 KB of onboard storage. And it is not a smartphone. I don't even take it with me most of the time, because I know that nobody will call me anyway, so why bother. I use it very rarely. The most usage I have from it is calling, flashlight and maybe as a clock once every so often, since I have many actual clocks.
On the computer I use GNU / Linux. And I have no complaints.
So I don't understand why even bother with a smartphone in the first place?
PS: I would love to try Pinephone or Librem5 though.
how and when you know itās a necessity
I did the math actually. And it seems like mass surveillance will only be justified if homicide rates are higher than 20% ( if 1 out of 5 people die in murder ). And only if surveillance actually stops all the crime ( which it doesn't ) and only if there is nothing less problematic that could be used instead ( which there are plenty techniques, like normal regular investigation, where you ask people around on their own terms ). Basically the math says it isn't justified by an apocalyptic margin.
As always, they use a mildly annoying problem and try to solve it with absolute apocalypse.
Apocalyptic Net Loses of Mass Surveillance
Mathematical prof that surveillance harms x 1K more than it could potentially help.
Sat 05/10/24 Dani's Race ( Libre GTA clone ) will be streamed by opensource_gaming PeerTube Channel!!!
Hi There, I am Franzo, a musician, programmer and FOSS Software/Gaming Enthusiast. I'll play Opensource Games here every week and play/spectate tournaments as well! If you want to join my matrix sp...
On Saturday 05th October 2024 at 19:15 UTC a Free / Libre GTA clone made by me Dani's Race will be streamed on a PeerTube channel opensource_gaming. Please Join the stream!
https://video.hardlimit.com/c/opensource_gaming/videos
Even Though UPBGE is still slow - Dani's Race is a bit faster!!!
UPBGE is notorious for being slow. Partially for CPU and GPU not sharing time. That didn't stop us from trying to squeeze more FPS from the game Dani's Race.
Why?
A mistake was made, to start the development of Dani's Race on the same machine where Moria's Race ( the first part of the saga ) was animated. That made it feel like choosing UPBGE as the game engine was the right choice. And also made it so little to no afford was put to optimization.
Franz opensource_gaming stream!
On 30th of September 2024 ( few days ago ) a PeerTube streamer opensource_gaming streamed the first part of the saga, the Moria's Race short film.
https://video.hardlimit.com/c/opensource_gaming/videos
Subsequently he had trouble running the game at anywhere near a sane FPS. Which resulted in a urgent need to try to optimize it, for it to be stream-able by him. The new ( still unavailable ) build of the game now significantly increased performance. Not yet enough, by most people's standards. But hopefully enough for a stream to happen.
When will the optimization be available?
The latest release of the game at the moment was 25-09-24 which is yet to be unlocked by general public for general public. If and when it will be unlocked, a new release could be placed for an unlock too. This time including all the recent optimization changes.
A video about version 07-07-24 : https://peer.madiator.cloud/w/gGdUU84yreyB4f8zC269ir
Dani's Race version 07-07-24 is almost released! https://blenderdumbass.codeberg.page/files/DanisRace_07_07_24/
I made a very basic multiplayer support for this game. We tested it with a few friends. It is somewhat working.
Nothing too complicated, I just implemented a day-night cycle.
Dani's Race Thread ( Libre GTA clone )
Thread where I will post updates to Dani's Race. A Libre GTA clone I'm making.
SUPPORTING RICHARD STALLMAN'S POLITICAL DISCOURSE ON SEX
š I have been given a goldmine link by Beans @[email protected] which is an article from a Free Software enthusiast Drew DeVault @[email protected] on his distaste towards Richard Stallman's @[email protected] views on sex. I will be criticizing Drew DeVault's views while supporting Richard Stallman's.
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BREAKING THE WAVES
š Lars Von Trier is an interesting filmmaker. He directs mostly very depressing movies that are very hard to watch. Breaking The Waves is an interesting case study in his filmography because on some weird level this is one of the rare examples of a Lars Von Trier film with a happy ending. Even though you could perhaps argue that the ending is nowhere near happy at all.
Breaking The Waves is truly a Lars Von Trier film. It is the film where Lars Von Trier changed his style into the one we know him ...
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WHY MORIAS RACE FLOPPED SO FUCKING HARD
š As you maybe already know ( but actually how would you, nobody reads my articles anyway ) Moria's Race, the movie I've been making for 3 and half years is a worthless piece of shit that nobody wants to see. I could blame people for not wanting to see it. And would be a worthless piece of shit myself doing so, but instead I think I should unleash my deepest fears onto this god forgotten page, so if there is a poor sole actually reading my ramblings, this poor sole could learn how terrible the sit ...
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THE BLENDER ARTISTS CENSORSHIP SITUATION
š Blender Artists is a website for blender users to discuss and share blender-related things. Blender is a program to model 3D models and do various other graphics related things. The program is very good and I like it. But the Blender Artists website is the kind of awful place where I don't want to be. Until recently I had an account there but I requested multiple times to delete it ( since the settings do not have this option ). The moderators were fighting with me over deleting of my stuff. The ...
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THE SPARK
š This is my original post that I wrote on Blender Artists on the "The Spark" thread. Unfortunately the censors on that platform decided to deprecate my views and edit out what I had to say. So I published my review on personal website where they don't have such unjust powers.
Envy!
The Spark is great in all the things that graphical artists value. It looks jaw-dropping. But it fails for me in the story-telling aspect of it. What is the story of The Spark? A character falls down a hole and finds ...
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CHOCOLATE
š Asian cinema is different from American cinema. When in America filmmakers are often armed with enormous budgets, Asian cinema is trying to survive with what it has while still delivering the same, if not more, entertainment value. It's not that hard when dealing with dramas. There most of the time the story is about a few people in few locations, talking and crying with one another. Which is not expensive. But it's an entirely different challenge when you are trying to compete within the action ...
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SOMETHING EVIL
š Something Evil is a little known TV movie from 1972 directed by Steven Spielberg of all people. Steven had a few attempts at horror. Most of them turn out to be less horrific and more psychological in nature. He avoids torturing the audience, but likes to present ideas that are psychologically disturbing, like in Jaws, War Of The Worlds or Schindler's List. This movie is no exception.
Conceptually the film is very much like Stanley Kubrick's "The Shinning". It deals with a parent going slowly i ...
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6 UNDERGROUND
š In my review of Babylon I claimed that it was 1941 of Damien Chazelle. But there is one filmmaker that makes 1941s all the time. And his name is Michael Bay.
If you want to distill the essence of Michael Bay, you should not look any further than his Verizon Commercial. A 30 second long explosive fest of absolute Bayhem, directed by Michael Bay and starring Michael Bay. He knows that he is a meme. And he delivers on that meme.
His 2019 film 6 Underground is another good example of the self awar ...
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THE KILLER
š I miss the times when you could see a David Fincher movie in the cinema. The last time he made a true cinema picture was almost 10 years ago in 2014. Since then he fully embraced the DRM filled streaming dis-service models. And his latest film The Killer is a straight to Netflix production. And it seems like he himself feels a bit off about it. Because if we take the character as a proxy for Fincher himself. This character is complex in how much he tries to justify himself being a terrible perso ...
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3 THINGS KEEPING US FROM TRUE FREEDOM
š Freedom is something we all fight for. Some succeed more than others. But there is no fully Free society yet in the world. By fully Free I don't mean a total anarchy. This would not be fully Free since it would be possible for people to have power over other people. Which is not freedom already. It's a different form of control. But fully Free means that every person would have the most freedom that person can have without it becoming power. This is very far from the situation right now.
We did ...
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BABYLON
š I would say that Babylon, the 2022 film directed by Damien Chazelle is Damien Chazelle's 1941. I wrote an article describing how 1941 is the ultimate Steven Spielberg movie and how there is a certain type of over the top insanity you can expect from a good filmmaker going completely unhinged. 1941 wasn't received well. People in the cinema were reportedly closing their ears from the shier amount of loud explosions that happened in the movie. Babylon is the lowest rated movie from Damien Chazelle ...
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DID HITLER CAUSE THE ISRAEL PALESTINE CONFLICT
š There is a war now. You could call it the Third World War. One front is in Ukraine, a country I was born in. The other is in Israel, the country I live in right now. The war is between Freedom and Dictatorship. Ukraine wasn't necessarily the most free of countries, but it was very trying to become one. And when it started to resemble a good Free Country, Russia decided that it doesn't like it and attacked it. Putin is a dictator of Russia. And a Free County near by is not something Putin wants. ...
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RRR
š A movie titled simply "RRR" is perhaps the greatest achievement in the entire Indian cinema landscape. You are probably familiar with the term "Bollywood". There is a misunderstanding in the world that Bollywood simply means Indian cinema. It's not necessarily true. Bollywood is Indian cinema from the center of India. And Bollywood movies all shot in the Hindi language. India has a dozen or so states and a dozen or so languages. Each state and even each little region of those states have differe ...
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ADDONS FOR SUPERTUXKART
š This page will be updated to include new addons if and when they will be published.
There is this game called SuperTuxKart that I didn't develop. But which is among the best Free Software games out there. And they have a way to make and publish addons. This is a list of addons that I made for SuperTuxKart.
The list will go from new to old.
JAPANESE GARDEN
Inspired by the Anderson Japanese Gardens in Rockford Illinois ( which was suggested by the user named @RowdyJoe ) I made a Japanese Gar ...
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MINORITY REPORT
š I reviewed a lot of films on this website and in almost every review I mention the name of Steven Spielberg. It's not because every movie I review is made by Spielberg. But it seem like every director can be viewed on a scale of Spielbergness. And the higher you go on that scale the better. At the top there is Steven Spielberg himself.
The 2002 movie Minority Report that he did starring Thomas Cruise Mapother IV, commonly known as Tom Cruise, is a very interesting movie. It's one of those rare ...
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PLEASE HELP ME DEBUNK THIS THEORY
š I know that philosophy is not a science. Because it is about what we cannot know, as some smart people out there say. But I've got here a philosophical theory which I want you to debunk. The theory is something I truly believe in, and therefor I'm biased towards it. So I suppose you could be better at debunking it, since you are not me.
The theory goes like this:
Given the definition of "Freedom" as: Control over one self and things belonging to one self. Even if the problem has no known solut ...
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