chebra @[email protected]

Maybe we should fork the musescore.com score sharing service too.

MuseGroup confirms it's company policy to harass people.

https://github.com/Xmader/musescore-downloader/issues/130

Here's a little thing that may not be obvious to many people....

When you install an open-source app from Google Play or the Apple app store, there is no guarantee that what you install actually matches the public code.

@fdroidorg are doing a great service. They independently build the public source code for apps from scratch, review for common issues, and publish their builds. Thanks to "reproducible builds" it's possible to verify they do not tamper with the code.

https://f-droid.org/en/docs/Security_Model/

If MS can do it with code... https://fairuseify.ml/

@rysiek

The argument about the derivative work is plain wrong, and I'm really surprised that Julia Reda wrote something like this.¹

```
On the other hand, the argument that the outputs of GitHub Copilot are derivative works of the training data is based on the assumption that a machine can produce works. This assumption is wrong and counterproductive. Copyright law has only ever applied to intellectual creations – where there is no creator, there is no work. This means that machine-generated code like that of GitHub Copilot is not a work under copyright law at all, so it is not a derivative work either. The output of a machine simply does not qualify for copyright protection – it is in the public domain. That is good news for the open movement and not something that needs fixing.
```

The output of a compiler is under the copyright of the authors of the sources because the machine does NOT add anything creative, but only apply an algorithmic transform to the sources.

Thus the output of a compiler is under the copyright of the authors of the sources.

Similarly a zip containing the sources is under the #copyright of the authors of the sources.

The training of #GitHubCopilot's model just did the same: it turned sources under their authors' copyright into a big opaque archive (aka blackbox #OpenAI) that can be queried through an API.

Thus the model is protected under the copyright of all the authors of the original sources.
And since such code were distributed under #AGPLv3 code, the whole model must be distributed within 30 days to prevent a termination of the license.

Sure, I'd be very happy to learn that zipping a book or ripping a dvd would end the rights of the copyright holders.

But if I cannot algorithmically transform #windows11 binaries, say by decompiling them, ending #Microsoft's right on the output, then Microsoft cannot transform my #AGPLv3 code without complying with the license.
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¹ Or at least, I would have been surprised months ago, before she signed the "open letter" against #RMS to divide the #FreeSoftware movement

@tindall

An opportunity for Golang devs to work on a great FOSS project with funding: Bringing Gitea to the Fediverse with ActivityPub support and the ForgeFed protocol

https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/issues/14186#issuecomment-875779897

#golang #gitea #fediverse #activitypub #forgefed #gofed #fedeproxy #foss

This take (https://www.xda-developers.com/windows-11-defending-system-requirements/) is hilarious.

Instead of bringing the average mobile device lifespan to the same level as that of computers, we should "change PCs as often as we do with phones to support the business model of hardware manufacturers"?

A gentle reminder that Windows 11 is nothing more than a Windows 10 reskin: *real* minimum requirements are identical

PSA #Audacity is now radioactive
https://www.audacityteam.org/about/desktop-privacy-notice/

Starting in August, new apps will need to turn over their signing keys to Google. https://arstechnica.com/?p=1777546

Some exciting news about #owncast!

https://gabekangas.com/blog/2021/06/an-exciting-update-about-owncast/

While waiting to pick up a prescription I saw someone come in to get vaccinated because “I’m tired of my family yelling at me.”

Keep yelling, folks.