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#License your code #ForGoodEyesOnly to protect it from being misused by spreaders of #FakeNews! More information @codeberg: https://codeberg.org/ForGoodEyesOnly/for-good-eyes-only#for-good-eyes-only-licence

#codeberg #code #licence #ethical #EthicalSource #FreeSoftware

Mostly, developers trust contributors not to sue them for #copyright infringement. In order to prevent issues, you should apply a so-called Contributor #Licence Agreement or #CLA.

I just created an ethical one: https://codeberg.org/ForGoodEyesOnly/Ethical-CLA

If you've got a #Hugo website and you're like me, you're always a bit annoyed by having to run multiple console commands just for uploading a single change.

That's why I created #HugoCommit.sh which combines everything into a single command! 😎

#SourceCode hosted @codeberg: https://codeberg.org/pixelcode/HugoCommit.sh

After converting all images to #WebP and minifying all the #CSS and #JS assets, #PhishWarn got a performance score of 💯 from #Google for desktop browsers! 🥳

🔗 https://phishwarn.codeberg.page
🔗 https://codeberg.org/PhishWarn/PhishWarn/

Did you know that #PhishWarn automatically adjusts its theme to your system settings? That's why it's now listed on https://darktheme.club! 😎

🔗 https://phishwarn.codeberg.page

Nice, #Mastodon officially lists me as #German translator! 😄 #i18n
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/blob/4bdce2c5130ef5e3e6607e26fed4a64cbaac38bc/AUTHORS.md#translators

While #GitHub #Copilot doesn't violate free #software licences (see ⬆️), there are plenty of reasons to #GiveUpGithub anyway. Here are a few:

1. Since we're #FOSS developers, our tools should be #FreeSoftware too.
2. Monopolies are never a good idea.
3. By using a walled garden, we're excluding potential contributors.
4. By using #Microsoft products, we're supporting a producer of #tracking malware and an #NSA collaborator.

Instead, we should switch to #Git platforms running @gitea, such as @codeberg. Also, @dachary and others are already working hard on #forge federation in the @forgefriends project.

Read more on the #ForGoodEyesOnly blog: https://forgoodeyesonly.codeberg.page/blog/2022/07/why-github-copilot-doesnt-violate-free-licences/#why-we-should-still-giveupgithub

As you may have noticed, I've started a #blog on the website of my #ForGoodEyesOnly Licence: https://forgoodeyesonly.codeberg.page/blog 🥳

Feel free to subscribe to its #RSS #feed: https://forgoodeyesonly.codeberg.page/blog/index.xml ☺️

TL;DR:

1. Scraping code simply isn't a #copyright infringement.
2. #Copilot outputs are no derivative works.
3. As an artificial machine, Copilot is not an author in the meaning of copyright.
4. #GitHub doesn’t even claim copyright in the outputs.
5. The outputs don’t reach the necessary level of creation to be copyright-protected.
6. The AI's complexity is irrelevant for the protection of the outputs.
7. GitHub's terms of use override the repo licences.

Why GitHub #Copilot doesn’t violate free software licences

🔗 https://forgoodeyesonly.codeberg.page/blog/2022/07/why-github-copilot-doesnt-violate-free-licences

#GitHub’s new code completion is an #AI trained using #FreeSoftware. Many see this as a copyright infringement of #copyleft licences, but this is dangerous half-knowledge. Read here why this is the case and why stricter #copyright law won’t get us anywhere.

#foss #license #licence #microsoft

Do you have any questions about my #ForGoodEyesOnly #Licence? Maybe they're answered by the FAQ page: https://forgoodeyesonly.codeberg.page/faq

If not, don't hesitate to ask me directly. ☺️

The #ForGoodEyesOnly Licence’s #website now also has a 404 error page! Thanks to @codeberg for the awesome feature! 😍

The 404 page will always be shown when a page can't be found, for example because the address is incorrect: https://forgoodeyesonly.codeberg.page/tkfmetvwg

Wow, the #ForGoodEyesOnly website also received a 98 performance score for desktop browsers! 😄

Merging and minifying all the #CSS or #JS assets and the #HTML pages as well as resizing the images and converting them to #WebP really pays off if it's done correctly. 🥳

This is the loading speed of my 🇩🇪 project #Grammle which got a performance score of 💯 from Google for desktop browsers. 🥳

Also, thanks to @Mawoka for suggesting image optimisation!

Finally, I can officially announce my new project: #Grammle! It's a collection of 🇩🇪 #German grammar mistakes with a concise summary for each rule.

Follow @grammle and visit its website: https://grammle.codeberg.page 😎

Of course, its source code is hosted at #Codeberg and licensed under #ForGoodEyesOnly v0.2: https://codeberg.org/Grammle/Grammle 😉

I don't make my #Firefox addons available for other #browsers, namely Chromium-based ones, mainly because I don't want to unnecessarily encourage people to use #privacy-invading #software.

For example, as I learned today, there is a way of tracking #Chrome users by analysing what addons they have installed: https://mastodon.social/@datenschutzratgeber/108501172720893200

Please do yourself a favour and visit https://www.stefanjudis.com/a-firefox-only-minimap in desktop #Firefox – it's so astonishing! 🤯 I'm already wondering how I can implement this in my own websites! 😄

Am I the only #WebDev who's afraid of position: absolute;? #css

Hey, #web developers: Don't want your #website's fixed header to cover your headline when clicking on an anchor link?

Simply use the #CSS property scroll-padding-top and set it to your header's height!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGUSTyG-CYw

A Defence of Ethical Licencing – Why #software freedom should not be equivalent to ignoring our responsibility for the #code we write.
https://forgoodeyesonly.codeberg.page/a-defence-of-ethical-licencing

#EthicalSource #FreeSoftware #licence #license #foss #OpenSource