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mtjm’s blog
Personal blog · b.mtjm.euhardwaresystems
mtjm’s blog is a personal blog at b.mtjm.eu about hardware and systems. Since 2013, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times, most often “Missing source for non-software works in libre GNU/Linux distributions (2013)”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2025-02-02, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters discuss posts on open source developer boundaries and on whether GitHub should be sued for training Copilot on GPL code, including what counts as 'source' under the GPL.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Missing source for non-software works in libre GNU/Linux distributions (2013)2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2016-03-30
What Hacker News says?
You are getting close to the complexity of FLOSS, but there is slightly more to it, some further thoughts below. > freedoms afforded by FLOSS licenses necessitate the availability of the source code This isn't really true, security researchers, reverse engineers and piracy experts often do the equivalent of the FSF four freedoms without having the source code. Of course not having the source code makes it harder for…
Comment linking /source-code-data-fonts-free-distros.html
on “My boundaries as an open source developer”Submitted Lemote YeeLoong 8101B with Loongson 2F CPU Review as a story · 45 points
HN discussionThe GPL makes it a pretty clear distinction, "preferred form for modification" is pretty clear, but decided on a case-by-case basis. Obfuscated code is not source, generated code is not source, transpilation is often not source but could be depending on how you use it afterwards, bitmap images are often not source but they can be, executables are usually not source but could be, videos are not source but could be. S…
Comment linking /source-code-data-fonts-free-distros.html
on “Should GitHub be sued for training Copilot on GPL code?”Submitted Laptops and Free Software as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Missing source for non-software works in libre GNU/Linux distributions (2013) as a story · 1 points
HN discussion