#licenses — Public Fediverse posts

FBI Probes Service Selling 153M+ Drivers Licenses

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/09/fbi-probes-service-selling-153m-drivers-licenses/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49529621

#HackerNews #FBI #Probes #Service #Selling #153M+ #Drivers #Licenses #cybersecurity #data #privacy #identitytheft #investigations

Brendan Carr Pretends To Be Tough, Demands Broadcasters Support Disastrous War

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/17/brendan-carr-pretends-to-be-tough-demands-broadcasters-support-disastrous-war/

How to Give the Government New Power to “Un-Person” Someone, in Three Easy Steps

The big push for state digital driver's #licenses that we’ve been warning about is effectively a movement to increase the power of big companies and government to control individuals. One feature of the licenses most states are adopting that may prove to be particularly dangerous is #revocation — how and when people’s IDs can be canceled
#unperson #ID #privacy #security

https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/un-personing-with-digital-id

#trump Says #Broadcasters Should Lose #Licenses for Criticizing Him https://www.bespacific.com/president-says-broadcasters-should-lose-licenses-for-criticizing-him/ #censorship #media #television #politics #maga #broadcasting #media

#opensource #software #licenses are a completely underestimated topic.
Ran into someone today who said: "OSS-Licenses are a contradiction".

They are not!

Just because you can see access the code and could use it - does not give you the right to do so!
Just as little as you can use the works of J. R. R. Tolkien or J. K. Rowling because you bought the book.
There needs to be a license that grants you usage rights or even better - rights to use, change and redistribute. #FLOSS

I recently held a talk (German) about Open Source Software Licenses and the basics behind them:
https://chaos.social/@c3voc_releases/114405253876251574
#glt25

#opensource #software #licenses are a completely underestimated topic.
Ran into someone today who said: "OSS-Licenses are a contradiction".

They are not!

Just because you can see access the code and could use it - does not give you the right to do so!
Just as little as you can use the works of J. R. R. Tolkien or J. K. Rowling because you bought the book.
There needs to be a license that grants you usage rights or even better - rights to use, change and redistribute. #FLOSS

I recently held a talk (German) about Open Source Software Licenses and the basics behind them:
https://chaos.social/@c3voc_releases/114405253876251574
#glt25

#opensource #software #licenses are a completely underestimated topic.
Ran into someone today who said: "OSS-Licenses are a contradiction".

They are not!

Just because you can see access the code and could use it - does not give you the right to do so!
Just as little as you can use the works of J. R. R. Tolkien or J. K. Rowling because you bought the book.
There needs to be a license that grants you usage rights or even better - rights to use, change and redistribute. #FLOSS

I recently held a talk (German) about Open Source Software Licenses and the basics behind them:
https://chaos.social/@c3voc_releases/114405253876251574
#glt25

#opensource #software #licenses are a completely underestimated topic.
Ran into someone today who said: "OSS-Licenses are a contradiction".

They are not!

Just because you can see access the code and could use it - does not give you the right to do so!
Just as little as you can use the works of J. R. R. Tolkien or J. K. Rowling because you bought the book.
There needs to be a license that grants you usage rights or even better - rights to use, change and redistribute. #FLOSS

I recently held a talk (German) about Open Source Software Licenses and the basics behind them:
https://chaos.social/@c3voc_releases/114405253876251574
#glt25

#opensource #software #licenses are a completely underestimated topic.
Ran into someone today who said: "OSS-Licenses are a contradiction".

They are not!

Just because you can see access the code and could use it - does not give you the right to do so!
Just as little as you can use the works of J. R. R. Tolkien or J. K. Rowling because you bought the book.
There needs to be a license that grants you usage rights or even better - rights to use, change and redistribute. #FLOSS

I recently held a talk (German) about Open Source Software Licenses and the basics behind them:
https://chaos.social/@c3voc_releases/114405253876251574
#glt25

Hong Kong Securities Regulator Warns Unlicensed Crypto Exchanges - The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong has issued a warning to u... - https://news.bitcoin.com/hong-kong-securities-regulator-warns-unlicensed-crypto-exchanges/ #cryptocurrencies #tradingplatforms #licensingregime #cryptoexchange #cryptocurrency #digitalassets #virtualassets #cryptoassets #regulations #regulation #cryptohub #licensing #hongkong #licenses #license #crypto #rules #vatps