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Michael Downey 馃Б
@downey@floss.social  路  activity timestamp 2 days ago

馃挕Remember:

:freesoftware: "Open Source Eventually" is the same as "Proprietary For Now".

#OpenSource #FreeSoftware #FOSS #FLOSS #Android #Linux

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Aleksandra
@aleksandrayulia@floss.social replied  路  activity timestamp 2 days ago

@downey i guess the only thing to check it's, if they have a choice, for instance @GrapheneOS is for now obligated to hold source of security fix, but will make them open sourced at the second they legally can, and even offer a full open version without those security fix.

so it's less black and white in the reality and more, is it their choice to make it proprietary for now (or not in the graphene os case).

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Colin (@ Anthrocon 2025)
@colinstu@birdbutt.com replied  路  activity timestamp 2 days ago

@downey nothing more permanent than a temporary solution.

Never hold one鈥檚 breath on this sort of move.
Gonna be proprietary forever.

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seeh
@seeh@social.tchncs.de replied  路  activity timestamp 2 days ago

@downey Realy? Why do you think so?

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Benjamin
@blindcoder@toot.berlin replied  路  activity timestamp 2 days ago

@downey "Tomorrow" just means "not today".
Nothing less and nothing more.

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Jani Nikula
@jani@floss.social replied  路  activity timestamp 2 days ago

@downey And "later" means "never".

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Michael Downey 馃Б
@downey@floss.social replied  路  activity timestamp 2 days ago

@jani a safe presumption until proven otherwise, yet still doesn't eliminate the risks in the interim

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