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Free Software Foundation (fsf@status.fsf.org)'s status on Monday, 27-Aug-2018 12:43:53 EDT Free Software Foundation

@bkuhn writes about the incorrectly named "Commons Clause" in Software Freedom Ensures the True Software Commons https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2018/aug/22/commons-clause/
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  Software Freedom Ensures the True Software Commons
  
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  Proprietary software has always been about a power relationship. Copyright and other legal systems give authors the power to decide what license to choose, and usually, they choose a license that favors themselves and takes rights and permissions away from others.The so-called “Commons Clause” purposely confuses and conflates many issues. The initiative is backed by FOSSA, a company that sells materiel in the proprietary compliance industrial complex. This clause recently made news again since other parties have now adopted this same license.
1. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Monday, 26-Nov-2018 09:52:01 EST Strypey
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  @fsf brilliant. I've been meaning the write about this. I still might, but I will probably also cover a few of the other "open source but not open source" licenses I've come across, and I'll definitely link to Bradley's work.
  
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