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Aral Balkan
Aral Balkan
@aral@mastodon.ar.al  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

You’re not an ally if your freedom/privacy/human rights/democracy event is sponsored by surveillance capitalists like Google that are complicit in Israel’s genocide and pose an existential threat to human rights and democracy.

#FOSDEM #etc

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TZL
TZL
@timezoneless@mstdn.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

@aral do you state this under the assumption that FOSDEM decides on some sort of agenda? Even considering they select talks to some extent, the vast number of talks doesn't make very strict steering likely. So, in what respects is it an actual problem?

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Bob Machintruc
Bob Machintruc
@turbobob@mamot.fr replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

Good catch @aral! #Google does like free and open source, but only if they can exploit it.

Quote: "Google believes that open source is good for everyone. By being open and freely available, it enables and encourages collaboration and the development of technology"
– @fosdem

Really? Then Google should be open to #AGPL licences—which they notoriously hate: https://opensource.google/documentation/reference/using/agpl-policy

Worrying if Google can influence/censor #FOSDEM as a sponsor, in the same way advertisers do for journals

#FOSS #GPL

Google Open Source

AGPL Policy  |  Google Open Source

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Arend (they) 🏳️‍⚧️🍉
Arend (they) 🏳️‍⚧️🍉
@arendleejessurun@musicians.today replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

@aral Lol privacy event sponsored by Google.

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