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Raku.Anarchy<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://thegoatery.dyndns.org/profile/goatsarah" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>goatsarah</span></a></span> whew...I didn't/couldn't read the whole post before thinking that this is straight up <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Camus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Camus</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/dystopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dystopia</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/bs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bs</span></a>. Respect for your perseverance.</p>
Walk News<p><a href="https://www.walknews.com/1023907/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">walknews.com/1023907/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> 【結果速報】 2025年全日本ロードレースRd.4 もてぎ ST600 決勝レース | 速報 | 全日本ロードレース選手権 #【結果速報】2025年全日本ロードレースRd.4もてぎST600決勝レース <a href="https://jforo.com/tags/BREAKINGNEWS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BREAKINGNEWS</span></a> <a href="https://jforo.com/tags/BRIDGESTONE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BRIDGESTONE</span></a> <a href="https://jforo.com/tags/BS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BS</span></a> <a href="https://jforo.com/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://jforo.com/tags/%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ニュース</span></a> <a href="https://jforo.com/tags/%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E9%80%9F%E5%A0%B1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ニュース速報</span></a> <a href="https://jforo.com/tags/%E3%83%96%E3%83%AA%E3%83%82%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ブリヂストン</span></a> <a href="https://jforo.com/tags/%E3%83%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%9D%E3%83%BC%E3%83%84" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>モータースポーツ</span></a> <a href="https://jforo.com/tags/%E5%85%A8%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B%E6%A8%A9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>全日本ロードレース選手権</span></a> <a href="https://jforo.com/tags/%E9%80%9F%E5%A0%B1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>速報</span></a></p>

Is that project open-source / free-software?

In practical effect, the answer to this question is not solely dependent on the project's license. It also depends on the project owner or leadership structure.

With community-based projects, this usually doesn't change the answer. But when you have a project with an open-source license which is controlled by a company, you need to ask an additional question:

If the community developers have a change that the project's users want, but which the company that owns the project feels are against its interests, does the change make it into the project or not? [1]

If the answer to this is "Yes, the change goes in, and the company deals with it", then the project is open-source.

If the answer is "No, the company won't include the contribution if it feels it threatens the company's interests", then the project is not open-source, regardless of what the license says. With an appropriate license, you could fork it, and turn it into a community-run project, and *that* would be open source, but the Google/Red Hat/IBM/Oracle/what-have-you original project is not.

Yes, inspired to post by #Google's tantrum about removing #XSLT from #Chrome because the #libxslt maintainer publicly called them out on their #BS.

[1] "If the company has a change the users don't want, does it go in?" too; just two ways of looking at it.

#WallStreetJournal #AntiMuslim
#BS

"The amount of bullsh*t in a recent Wall Street Journal OpEd by known propagandist Sadanand Dhume is truly breathtaking. At a mere 754 words, his OpEd spews enough bullsh*t to fill an Olympic stadium"
"Dhume’s history of anti-Muslim and Islamophobic bigotry is well documented, including his open advocacy for ethnic cleansing of Palestinians"

Dhume's article in question is a racist bigoted take on Mamdani, NY mayor candidate.

qasimrashid.com/p/rebuking-fas

Let's Address This with Qasim Rashid · Rebuking Fascism & Anti-Muslim Hate at Wall Street JournalBy Qasim Rashid, Esq.