Hans van Zijst

Hans van Zijst

hans@social.woefdram.nl

Professional nerd and grammar nazi, writes in Dutch and English. Can read some German, French and Spanish too. Learning русский.

Location:: Netherlands

Wed, 27 Apr 2022 15:22:15 +0200

Hans van Zijst

hans@social.woefdram.nl

Ian Kenway wrote the following post Wed, 27 Apr 2022 02:26:16 +0200

#IT #internet #networks #networking #social_media #fediverse #facebook #twitter #elon_musk #ayn_rand #billionaires #global #future
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Wed, 27 Apr 2022 16:44:20 +0200

randygalbraith@diasp.org

One thing I welcome in regards to Elon Musk's purchase is his statement about "open source." Likewise his statements in regards to making Tesla's patents open. Embracing Free Software is a good thing and I hope Musk follows through. But we don't need to wait for that. We have Free Software based social media already in existence. As the graphic says... welcome to the Fediverse! Cheers, -Randy

Wed, 27 Apr 2022 16:53:39 +0200

Hans van Zijst

hans@social.woefdram.nl

@randygalbraith@diasp.org

Embracing Free Software is a good thing and I hope Musk follows through.

Open source software and open standards are a good thing indeed: in the long run it's better for everybody, Eric S. Raymond explains it well in The Cathedral and the Bazaar.

But I wouldn't hold my breath, Musk is only interested in Musk.

Wed, 27 Apr 2022 17:54:04 +0200

randygalbraith@diasp.org

I haven't check on the details @Hans van Zijst, but I do believe Musk made Tesla patents open awhile ago. I also believe Tesla has complied with the GPL in regards to source in their cars. The later, my understanding, was a bit more of them dragging their feet until the realized the legal obligations they were under. For what it's worth I advocate for Free Software in part because it is good for business. In the same way "free roads" are better than toll roads in regards to business. Cheers, -Randy