Post #1745065

2026-03-24 16:24 UTC

I already have the distros downloaded that are against this. If it comes for my favorite distro that I use everyday I will immediately uninstall it and instance one of the ones that isn't bending over to let Uncle Sam and others take them from behind. All they had to do was say they wouldn't support people from the places that those laws were or would be enacted in. That's it. That's all they fucking had to do. I will also add that it disappoints me so so much that so many of my fellow Linux enthusiasts aren't more upset or even just plain old _cautious_ about this. It actually hurts my head to think about. I don't get it. Don't we all usually have about the same goals in mind with this? Open, meaning not invasive. Not windows (spyware) and no telemetry meaning privacy respecting? What the fuck is happening?

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@aqua@lemmy.world 2026-03-25 21:23

Which distros are against it?

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@pglpm@lemmy.ca 2026-03-28 21:51

I was very confused about this too. But now I realize that's not what "FOSS" means to everyone. There are developers that work with FOSS in the same way they could (or do) work for a corporation – note the many comments like "users don't have any rights to make demands of developers", "developers don't owe anything to the users or to the 'community'", and similar comments. Luckily there are also developers for which "FOSS" does mean what it means to you and me. Maybe there are other FOSS users that are under the same misunderstanding as I was. It should be made clear that "FOSS", per se, really means nothing else than "not requiring payments" and "with source open to the public". Any extra meanings depend on whom you're speaking to.

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