privatelife - privacy, security, freedom advocacy
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Arguing that you don't care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say. - Edward Snowden
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Opinions are welcome, facts more so. Attack arguments, not people. Hating, baiting, trolling, flaming will be dealt with strictly.
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Discuss closed source software with caution. Advocating for it strongly (cult brigading) can be treated as violation of this rule.
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Editing titles of article links is strictly prohibited, unless and until the summarisation remains accurate to the context of the article or paper. Such link post will be removed without questioning.
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NO PERMA BANS! Ban system will work as follows:
1 day --> 3 day --> 1 week --> 2 weeks --> 3 weeks --> 1 month --> 3 months --> 6 months
Severity of the ban system will be dealt with based on degree of violation and circumstances.
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NO FACT-LESS EVIDENCES, NO FALSE RHETORIC Evidence has to be credible. The onus of this lies on the claimant. The same applies on the user who questions proven evidence. Violation of this rule will be dealt with strictly.
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Copycat posts serve to litter the community, increasing quantity and decreasing quality of posts. As such, posts will be removed. Repeated attempts will receive warning.
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Years ago Microsoft was going Linux bashing mode.
Linux is a cancer
Linux is unamerican
Linux is communism
And why ? Because of the GPL license.
Many years ago Microsoft already copy pasted BSD licensed code into their Windows 3.x TCP stack and they got away with that because the BSD license is not like the GPL license. Microsoft hated the GPL license and maybe they still do.
Is it important to talk about free software or open source software and be a purist about it ? Maybe.
Is it more important to get things done, and focus on coding, package maintenance, sharing knowledge ? Maybe.
I'm talking about what is the first, most important benefit of free software (or open source). The community claims the first and most important benefit is "to make sure there isn't malware in the software". In the post I told them why this is not the most important benefit and the most important benefit is to audit, fix bugs, harden it.