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@jospoortvliet @nextcloud @FOSSForce
https://fossforce.com/2025/04/is-free-or-open-source-software-sustainable/
On the article above, you mentioned WordPress plugin. I find it very interesting.
WordPress plugin like Advanced Custom Fields, WooCommerce, Gravity Forms, they are (except Gravity Forms):
1. Releasing their 'open source' products free of charge.
2. Selling their premium 'open source' products for a price (which is a good thing, I am not against money making).Now, let we see:
1. Do they develop their premium 'open source' products in public repository where people can read the code and contributing?They don't. This defeat the purpose of open source software development methodology.
2. Do they welcome to the idea that other people can read, study, modify and redistribute their premium 'open source' plugin?
No, they are strongly against this, especially the redistribution.
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Even thought their plugins are under GPL license and they call themselves as open source developers, but, open core is what they have been practically doing.
This is one of the things which gave me the idea that open core is the open source next direction.
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@nextcloud @jospoortvliet @FOSSForce
Free software movement focuses on freedom, but not friendly to the commercial world.
Open source movement emerged from free software movement. It replaced freedom with software development methodology. It is absolutely friendly to the commercial world.
Open core is the natural next direction of open source. It is friendly to the commercial world, but it is also friendly to the pocket of the developers.
Next, returning to 100% proprietary software as a way of life.
#FreeSoftware #LibreSoftware #OpenSource #OpenCore
Edit: I am not against proprietary software. I am using Excel daily.
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When Your Xorg Fork Is More About DEI Than Display Servers - FOSS Force
<https://fossforce.com/2026/04/when-your-xorg-fork-is-more-about-dei-than-display-servers/> @BrideOfLinux
@archlinux respect.
@XLibreDev the long-term kick-back is entirely predictable.
#XOrg #x11libre #DEI #diversity #equity #inclusion #Arch #Linux #XLibre
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#Q4OS 6 Andromeda: More Than Just #Debian #Linux on a Diet for Old Machines
https://fossforce.com/2026/02/q4os-6-andromeda-more-than-just-debian-on-a-diet-for-old-machines/
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How #RedHat's Actions Led to Wind River's #eLxr Pro #Linux Distro
https://fossforce.com/2024/09/how-red-hats-bad-actions-led-to-wind-rivers-elxr-pro-linux-distro/
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@sjvn
@BrideOfLinuxFree Software
@bkuhn
@karen
@conservancy
@baconandcoconut*NIX knowledge
@mwl ( author of many books )
@pleia2
@ted
@hal_pomeranzFLOSS art and really awesome
@davidrevoySecurity
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Fragnesia, ssh-keysign‑pwn, and the Month of Living Dangerously on Linux https://fossforce.com/2026/05/fragnesia-ssh-keysign-pwn-and-the-month-of-living-dangerously-on-linux/
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A Debian developer released a one-click .deb mitigation for the Copy Fail and Dirty Frag Linux kernel flaws affecting Debian-based distros 🐧
The temporary package applies command-line protections for Ubuntu, Mint, and Debian users while awaiting upstream kernel patches and security updates 🔐#TechNews #Tech #Debian #Ubuntu #LinuxMint #Mint #Linux #Cybersecurity #OpenSource #FOSS #Kernel #Security #Privacy #SysAdmin #GNU #Infosec #Vulnerability #CopyFail #DirtyFrag
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Ask.com Goes to the Great Beyond
The search site that started as Ask Jeeves, then became Ask.com, disappears into history as AI summaries replace traditional search results.
#ask-jeeves #ask.com #obits #search
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Ask.com Goes to the Great Beyond The search site that started as Ask Jeeves, then became Ask.com, disappears into history as AI summaries replace traditional search results. https://fossforce.com/2026/05/ask-com-goes-to-the-great-beyond/#ask-jeeves #ask.com #obits #search
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Is It Panic Time? Linux’s Big Bad ‘Copy Fail’ Security Exploit ~
‘Copy Fail’ puts Linux users on alert as kernel patches race out and distros scramble to push them to the update channel."#Linux #Distros #Technology #CopyFail #News #Security #Software
https://fossforce.com/2026/05/is-it-panic-time-linuxs-big-bad-copy-fail-security-exploit/
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Devi oscurare un #PDF su #Linux? Prova #Censor - FOSS Force.
#UnoLinux #opensource #UnoOpensource @opensource @[email protected]
https://fossforce.com/2026/02/need-to-redact-a-pdf-on-linux-try-censor/
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AI Pushes Cal.com to Shutter Open and Go Nonfree
Cal.com blames AI-powered vulnerability hunting for its move to lock-down its code—and tosses a crippled open edition to keep its cred.
Archive: ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/7rcmz
#ai #cal.com #open-source
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CW: violence
AI Pushes Cal.com to Shutter Open and Go Nonfree
Cal.com blames AI-powered vulnerability hunting for its move to lock-down its code—and tosses a crippled open edition to keep its cred.
Archive: ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/7rcmz
#ai #cal.com #open-source
https://fossforce.com/2026/04/ai-pushes-cal-com-to-shutter-open-and-go-nonfree/ -
CW: violence
AI Pushes Cal.com to Shutter Open and Go Nonfree
Cal.com blames AI-powered vulnerability hunting for its move to lock-down its code—and tosses a crippled open edition to keep its cred.
Archive: ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/7rcmz
#ai #cal.com #open-source
https://fossforce.com/2026/04/ai-pushes-cal-com-to-shutter-open-and-go-nonfree/ -
CW: violence
AI Pushes Cal.com to Shutter Open and Go Nonfree
Cal.com blames AI-powered vulnerability hunting for its move to lock-down its code—and tosses a crippled open edition to keep its cred.
Archive: ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/7rcmz
#ai #cal.com #open-source
https://fossforce.com/2026/04/ai-pushes-cal-com-to-shutter-open-and-go-nonfree/ -
CW: violence
AI Pushes Cal.com to Shutter Open and Go Nonfree
Cal.com blames AI-powered vulnerability hunting for its move to lock-down its code—and tosses a crippled open edition to keep its cred.
Archive: ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/7rcmz
#ai #cal.com #open-source
https://fossforce.com/2026/04/ai-pushes-cal-com-to-shutter-open-and-go-nonfree/ -
CW: uspol,socialmedia
EFF Says It’s Quitting TwitterX
It took a minute , but EFF has finally shut the door on the platform formerly known as Twitter, without even a
Archive: ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/3t394
#eff #musk #organizations #social-networks #twitter #x
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#AlmaLinux Gets CUDA Parity With #Ubuntu, #RHEL, and #RLC #Linux
https://fossforce.com/2026/03/almalinux-gets-cuda-parity-with-ubuntu-rhel-and-rlc/
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Participation Required a Microsoft License — Until Citizens Pushed Back
When the EU asked for feedback on new tech rules, it locked the process to a Microsoft Excel format. A write-in campaign forced a change.
https://fossforce.com/2026/03/participation-required-a-microsoft-license-until-citizens-pushed-back/#community #document-foundation #libreoffice #standards -
#Sudo, #Heartbleed, and the Lessons We Still Haven’t Learned
https://fossforce.com/2026/02/sudo-heartbleed-and-the-lessons-we-still-havent-learned/
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Easy question: Why did Consumer #IoT Went Off the Rails?
Hard question: why oh why are you still using it? Why, why are you still lured by falsely #smarthomes ?
https://fossforce.com/2025/08/smart-gadgets-dumb-ideas-why-consumer-iot-went-off-the-rails/
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Q: how come so many #schools & universities still accept — if not DEMAND — that their students use only proprietary tools [sending] so many taxpayer dollars allocated for #education to the likes of #Microsoft & #Googler?
Do you agree with THESE answers?
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Dear #opensource and #FreeSoftware advocates:
please tell all #Catholics that they should make a #FreeSoftware #jubilee happen!
https://fossforce.com/2025/08/lets-make-a-free-software-jubilee-happen/
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If you too HATE the “being lonely and far from mommy, but cool” part of the Internet of Things, a.k.a. #smarthomes , please add your examples:
https://fossforce.com/2025/08/smart-gadgets-dumb-ideas-why-consumer-iot-went-off-the-rails/
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Call to Catholics ... and everybody else of course.
A #Jubilee for really open technology is overdue.
Do you agree?
https://fossforce.com/2025/08/lets-make-a-free-software-jubilee-happen/
