Post #2351238
2026-03-20 05:48 UTC
@pid_eins@mastodon.social @cas@social.treehouse.systems I think the way the code change is motivated has some importance here.
Normally, in a FOSS project when some change is made it's to make things better for users. The change was requested by users, and doing the change makes users happy.
If instead you start motivating code changes with "we change this because of this-and-that law", then that does not feel right to me.
Perhaps many users do want the change, but in that case better refer to user demand instead of laws.
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@eliasr@social.librem.one 2026-03-20 05:55
@pid_eins@mastodon.social @cas@social.treehouse.systems I guess in some way it comes down to "who is the software for?" A piece of libre software is for the users, it serves the user and does what the user wants (which may or may not be the same thing that lawmakers in some country want). It's not a tool for governments to enforce laws. Of course, when there is a FOSS license users can always do what they want anyway. But saying that changes are because of laws risks giving the wrong impression. Do you see what I mean? 2/2