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[–] rumimevlevi@lemmings.world 9 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

What do this have to do with piracy?

[+] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com -13 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Not worth the echo—
your voice fades into the wind.
I remain silent.

[–] rumimevlevi@lemmings.world 7 points 6 days ago

What this comment has to do with piracy? Sound like poetry to me

[–] highduc@lemmy.ml -3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

If you dislike the tankie dev of lemmy why are you using their software? Use X, a fascist CEO seems more like your style.

[–] araneae@beehaw.org 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It is a decentralized open source communication protocol offered for the public's use, which means people can modify their instances and generally do, say, or think anything they want in regards to the original founders of the project.

[–] highduc@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Yeah it's FLOSS and you can do whatever you want with it - no doubt due to the leftist beliefs of the authors.

Regarding doing saying and thinking whatever one wants - yeah I didn't censor anyone, I'm not an unhinged mod with an appetite to ban anyone who disagrees with me - and there's no way to stop someone from thinking whatever they want anyway wtf are we even talking about?

I just thought it's in bad taste to use someone's FLOSS software whilst calling them slurs. Alternatives exist which would be more aligned ideologically with OP's beliefs, that's all.

[–] araneae@beehaw.org 1 points 3 days ago

I don't know if I'd really call Tankie a slur just because "tankies" don't use the term. That's like saying Thatcherite, carpet bagger, TERF or brownshirt are slurs. You may not identify with the term but we have a long way to go before its a slur.

[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com -3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

"Fascist," you declare,
like a spell you overheard—
empty in your mouth.

[–] highduc@lemmy.ml -2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Cute, but you did the same with "tankie".

[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 days ago

Mind like a still pond—
no depth, no ripple of thought,
just sky looking in.

[–] Mordikan@kbin.earth 38 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I noticed some comments saying "You can't pirate free software". I would take that as a challenge, so here's how to pirate Lemmy.

Firstly, "free" software is extremely rare. Lemmy isn't free, its governed by the AGPLv3. Per the AGPLv3, if you pull the author attribution/licensing text, say "I made this" , and start distributing it out, you've committed copyright infringement and illegally distributed it (piracy). So, that means we CAN pirate Lemmy:

Fork the existing Lemmy repo into our own project
Remove all reference to the original authors and licensing and put your own name on it.
Change the name to something else and start sharing it out.
Optionally charge money for it

NOTE: Never let someone tell you that you can't do something.

[–] zarniwoop@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 6 days ago

You, I like you.

[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 1 week ago

you mad lad lol

[–] Steve@communick.news 13 points 1 week ago (10 children)

Would I not pay my roofer if they were a Rump supporter?
They did a good job on my roof. What do their political opinions matter?

If I was XRaying your broken arm, would you refuse, because I support a tankie for writing apolitical software I like to use?

[–] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 13 points 6 days ago

Would I not pay my roofer if they were a Rump supporter?

I wouldn’t hire them to begin with.

[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

are you really in the piracy comm, telling people they should pay for free software by using healthcare, which should also be free, as an example?

[–] limer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 week ago (4 children)

There is piracy and then there is talking others out of donating

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[–] Steve@communick.news 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Using free software isn't piracy to begin with. This post is actually in the wrong community.

You see how I didn't even address your point, and instead brought up a different and only tangentially related argument? Makes me seem like a dick doesn't it.

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[–] Mordikan@kbin.earth 12 points 1 week ago (21 children)

The acceptance of medical care is not an equivalent situation to using free software in terms of ideological concerns. That's conflating a social media platform with being as necessary as medical treatment. Even the roofing situation wouldn't fit as the work is complete and they can't exactly undone that work without destroying part of your existing house now and they certainly aren't based on optional donation are they? I mean I assume you contracted to have them do that work, right? So that wouldn't be a valid comparison to make either. Is Lemmy equally as important as blood poisoning or having a home to you?

The other glaring issue you didn't consider is agent vs. artifact. In neither case is the actual person performing the service (roofer or doctor) the one being criticized for holding the tankie views. By that logic, you wouldn't be able to interact with anyone who is apathetic about an issue/belief/etc you are not. A working example of that would you you posting to a forum post by the OP who has different views. You shouldn't be interacting with him if you actually believed what you wrote.

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[–] harcesz@szmer.info 9 points 1 week ago (7 children)

What donation box? Something in the newer lemmy?

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