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Deadly Headshot

Question for developers/licence lawyers: do the #PHP include() or require() functions count as external linking of a library with regards to the #LGPL (Lesser Gnu Public Licence) and its more permissive terms, or so I still have to publish the rest of the project?

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Thorsten Leemhuis (acct. 4/4)

4/ Finally eine Meldung dazu bei meinen Exkollegen – nach acht Tagen: heise.de/news/Verwirrung-nach-

War die genauere Meldung die Wartezeit wert? Im modernen Nachrichtenbusiness würde ich sagen: Nein. Da kann man problemlos erst eine einfache Meldung machen und dann eine genauere Meldung später nachlegen. Wenn bei der einfachen schon Unklarheiten sind, kündigt man das halt gleich an. Gibt Klicks und man steht am Ende als der Gute dar. #avm #lgpl

heise online · Verwirrung nach Klage gegen AVM wegen Fritzbox-FirmwareBy Dirk Knop
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Bo Morgan

@ark74

I really like the gist of this essay. I love the mission of the FSF and the copyleft licenses and ethical goals.

I do have a problem with RMS being on the board of directors despite his unapologetic problematic beliefs. Unfortunately, I needed to double check and I have confirmed that he is still on the board despite his beliefs and lack of apologies. As a reminder, I feel it is important to share why RMS should be removed from the FSF:

stallman-report.org/

#fsf @fsf #foss #copyleft #floss #gpl #lgpl #agpl #rms #richardstallman #stallmanreport

The Stallman reportThe Stallman reportOctober 14th, 2024 Richard Stallman (aka “RMS”) is the founder of GNU and the Free Software Foundation and present-day voting member of the Free Software Foundation (FSF) board of directors and “Chief GNUisance” of the GNU project. He is responsible for innumerable contributions to the free software movement, setting its guiding principles, organizing political action, and directly contributing to a flourishing free software ecosystem. The majority of Stallman’s political activity has been of priceless value to society at large.
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Preston Maness ☭

Good news, everyone! There's now a path for enforcing the GPL even if you're not the explicit copyright holder!

sfconservancy.org/news/2025/ja

The below quote is from an email I received, not in the press release above, but is extremely good news:

>This successful lawsuit confirms that anyone can enforce their copyleft rights; copyright holders don’t shoulder the burden alone! Until now, the promise of copyleft has been empty for many people. I have dedicated myself to changing that because users deserve the right to modify and reinstall the software on their devices. Manufacturers are powerful, and when they violate copyleft, most users have little recourse and limited options. **But this case opens the doors for everyone** to pursue the rights copyleft promises — through their own efforts. **We are on the cusp of a future where people can freely modify and adapt their devices to do what they want, either by themselves, or with the help of a friend or contractor**. Your donations keep this trajectory going. I hope that excites you as much as it excites me!

Donate: sfconservancy.org/sustainer/

@conservancy

Software Freedom ConservancySFC-funded lawsuit gets software repair and reinstall for users of AVM routersSoftware Freedom Conservancy (SFC) today announces the conclusion of a lawsuit that we funded and supported in Germany. (As is typical with German cases, SFC was unable to give public updates during the case.) The defendant, Berlin-based AVM, ultimately delivered the necessary information to reinstall modified software on their device. Delivery of this information resolved the lawsuit. The plaintiff was Sebastian Steck, who received a grant from SFC to pursue this work. Steck purchased an AVM router in May 2021 and quickly found that the source code candidate which AVM sent him could not be compiled and reinstalled onto his router. AVM, the largest home router manufacturer in Germany, refused to correct its source code candidate. Steck sued AVM in a Berlin court in July 2023.
#FreeSoftware#OpenSource#GPL
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Turris project

Some vendors try to prevent you from using your hardware any way you see fit. Some even go as far as to violate the #license. #Fritzbox got sued in Germany and lost and has to comply with #LGPL. Well, we publish all our sources on our #GitLab and give everyone #root account on their device, so I guess we are safe 🤔
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/0

A red and silver modem, with small "wings" on the top, and the typical green light bars on the front.
Ars Technica · German router maker is latest company to inadvertently clarify the LGPL licenseBy Kevin Purdy
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avlap

I feel the #EUPL is missing a requirement which #MPL has:

"You must "additionally distribute" under (L)GPL. In other words, you must make the MPL-licensed source code available to your recipients under both MPL and (L)GPL. Someone downstream from your recipients can then take under (L)GPL-only or MPL-only. "
mozilla.org/en-US/MPL/2.0/comb

MozillaMPL-in-GPL Developer GuidelinesCombining MPL-Licensed files with an (L)GPL-Licensed Project: Guidelines for Developers
#license#GPL#LGPL
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While you're considering switching to a redis fork, the one you want is redict, not valkey.

redict.io/

Both were forked from the same redis version. Why prefer redict? It's LGPL, and thus immune to further license shenanigans from any corporate stakeholders and embrace/extend/extinguish tactics from tech monopoly behemoths.

Valkey, being merely open source, is just as vulnerable as redis itself was.

RedictRedict Redict Redict is a distributed key/value store (a remote dictionary, if you will). Redict is an independent fork of Redis®1 OSS 7.2.4 licensed under the Lesser GNU General Public license (LGPL-3.0-only). Redict is not affiliated with Redis®. Getting started # Start with the Installation guide. Redis is a registered trademark of Redis Ltd. Any rights therein are reserved to Redis Ltd. Any use by the Redict project is for referential purposes only and does not indicate any sponsorship, endorsement or affiliation between Redis and the Redict project. ↩︎
#redis#redict#valkey
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jbz

⚠️ Do Not Sign the Qt License Agreement Unchanged

"Some years back, The Qt Company happily sold Qt for Application Development (QtAD) licenses to such customers. When these licenses come up for renewal, The Qt Company claims that these customers commit a material breach of the license agreement and try to force the much more expensive QtDC licenses on them. Some customers will cave in, some will figure out that Qt LGPL or abandoning Qt is a better option"

burkhardstubert.substack.com/p

Better Built By Burkhard · Do Not Sign the Qt License Agreement UnchangedBy Burkhard Stubert
#qtdev#lgpl
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