Librethreat Forecast
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* Trend: Netflix will be the next President of the United States | * Trend: Netflix will be the next President of the United States | ||
* Because screw customers, that's why | * Because screw customers, that's why | ||
| - | * | + | * Mitigating: at least people are complaining |
== Apathy == | == Apathy == | ||
| - | * Trend: general resignation | + | * Trend: just better than general resignation |
| - | * | + | * RMS who? |
| - | * Mitigating: | + | * Mitigating: ? |
== Privacy == | == Privacy == | ||
| - | * Trend: | + | * Trend: dangerous |
* Even Google claims to be worried | * Even Google claims to be worried | ||
* Mitigating: various bans on face-recognition | * Mitigating: various bans on face-recognition | ||
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== Organisational Co-opting == | == Organisational Co-opting == | ||
| - | * Trend: | + | * Trend: Awful |
* Bruce even resigned again, [https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/1999/02/msg01641.html partying like it's 1999] | * Bruce even resigned again, [https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/1999/02/msg01641.html partying like it's 1999] | ||
| - | * Mitigating: | + | * Mitigating: Yknow, stuff |
== GNU/Linux Co-opting == | == GNU/Linux Co-opting == | ||
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* Trend: dangerous | * Trend: dangerous | ||
* Not much good news to report | * Not much good news to report | ||
| - | * Mitigating: MX, Antix, Hyperbola | + | * Mitigating: MX, Antix, Hyperbola-- more? |
== Other Free Software Co-opting == | == Other Free Software Co-opting == | ||
| - | * Trend: dangerous | + | * Trend: pretty dangerous |
| - | * Github, GSoC, EME, Flatpak | + | * Github, GSoC, EME, Flatpak, Python |
| - | * Mitigating: | + | * Mitigating: at least they asked |
== GPL / Copyleft == | == GPL / Copyleft == | ||
| - | * Trend: | + | * Trend: not great |
| - | * | + | * Right idea, wrong reasons |
* Mitigating: AGPL is doing alright | * Mitigating: AGPL is doing alright | ||
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* Trend: steady increase | * Trend: steady increase | ||
* It doesn't exist, but GAFAM is all over it | * It doesn't exist, but GAFAM is all over it | ||
| - | * Mitigating: ? | + | * Mitigating: a trend towards poverty? |
== Code of Conduct == | == Code of Conduct == | ||
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* Trend: minor improvements in awareness | * Trend: minor improvements in awareness | ||
* People know that others are being censored over nonsense | * People know that others are being censored over nonsense | ||
| - | * Mitigating: not | + | * Mitigating: not a lot |
== Bigotry, hate, discrimination == | == Bigotry, hate, discrimination == | ||
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== Away From Keyboard == | == Away From Keyboard == | ||
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* '''[http://fsf.org.in/ Free Software Foundation India]''' | * '''[http://fsf.org.in/ Free Software Foundation India]''' | ||
Revision as of 02:42, 30 January 2020
Summary: The Free Software movement in the wild
Contents |
DRM
- Trend: Netflix will be the next President of the United States
- Because screw customers, that's why
- Mitigating: at least people are complaining
Apathy
- Trend: just better than general resignation
- RMS who?
- Mitigating: ?
Privacy
- Trend: dangerous
- Even Google claims to be worried
- Mitigating: various bans on face-recognition
Organisational Co-opting
- Trend: Awful
- Bruce even resigned again, partying like it's 1999
- Mitigating: Yknow, stuff
GNU/Linux Co-opting
- Trend: dangerous
- Not much good news to report
- Mitigating: MX, Antix, Hyperbola-- more?
Other Free Software Co-opting
- Trend: pretty dangerous
- Github, GSoC, EME, Flatpak, Python
- Mitigating: at least they asked
GPL / Copyleft
- Trend: not great
- Right idea, wrong reasons
- Mitigating: AGPL is doing alright
Cloud
- Trend: steady increase
- It doesn't exist, but GAFAM is all over it
- Mitigating: a trend towards poverty?
Code of Conduct
- Trend: minor improvements in awareness
- People know that others are being censored over nonsense
- Mitigating: not a lot
Bigotry, hate, discrimination
- Trend: anybody's guess
- Who would you trust to monitor the status of this?
- Mitigating: see Trend
Away From Keyboard
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