README.md

-This is the source code for my personnal blog, hosted on https://veronneau.org.
+This is the source code for my personal blog, hosted on https://veronneau.org.
 
 ## Usage
 
@@ -9,29 +9,3 @@ To build the static site, you will need pelican:
 Once you have pelican installed, you can generate the static website this way:
 
     $ pelican content
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content/blog/2024-11-21.md

+Title: Ethical Licences and Post Open Source
+Tags: economics, foss
+Status: draft
+
+When I first started getting involved with Free Software, I believed ---
+probably naively --- in the *movement*: through the 4 Freedoms, activism and the
+virality of the GPL, we would overcome.
+
+Some 13 years later, I still license the code I write under the GPLv3, but
+more by force of habit than anything else.
+
+I find it hard not to feel cynical about the general state of Free Software. As
+the tech oligopolists continue to grow, amass insane amounts of capital and
+trample our ideals while using our code and our labor, it is pretty clear our
+"free" licenses have failed us.
+
+More than just a depressed rant, this blog post is an attempt at capturing my
+reflections on the current state of the FOSS ecosystem. SOME MORE THINGS ON HOW
+NOT ALL THESE IDEAS ARE MINE, CITE PABLO, COLLIER AND MTL ATC.
+
+## The 4 Freedoms: a Liberal Pipe Dream
+liberal idea of freedom VS a more radical one.
+
+Barron 2013 -> pdf
+
+Free Software licenses already include some restrictions on redistribution: you
+can redistribute, as long as X is respected. Compromises to safeguard
+collective freedoms are already made and accepted as OK.
+
+Technology by itself won't save us: it's important to remind ourselves code
+isn't some pure artifact that can be taken out of context. Parallel to be made
+with the concept from Collier's book.
+
+Pablo: 3 axis of control over private data:
+
+* action: being able to use your own data
+* choice: being able to choose who does what with it
+* information: knowing what happens with the data, who uses it, when, etc.
+
+Some of those notions have been codified into laws, GDPR is a good example.
+
+Some distributions (like Debian) already have non-free archives. We could
+certainly use that to try to make ethical software more widely known.
+
+The Copyright system changed since the 80-90s, but our licenses and our means
+of action have not.
+
+Dual licensing is a possibility for Post-Open Source, but not for Ethical
+Licenses
+
+Can you use two different programs using ethical licenses together?
+
+Ethical licenses create a barrier to entry. It might actually be a good thing.
+
+A license not being enforceable isn't necessarily important. Some see licenses
+as a way to establish a common set of rules on what the project and the community
+stands on. A good example of this is the ML5.js license, that used their ethical
+license as a way to embed their CoC.
+
+The AGPL is already a pretty good deterrent and keeps a lot of enterprises from
+using that code. Even GPL has that effect, Apple forbids it from the App Store.
+
+
+Should we care if our code is use for "Evil"?
+
+Trying to not to free code as an object that should be freed itself, but to
+guarantee group and collective freedoms.
+
+Not enforceable? (FOSS already isn't). Should we publicly publish our code?
+
+Licenses do work, but not 100%. A lot of large companies will refuse to
+incorporate GPLV3 code (but a lot also don't care, GPL enforcement is a thing
+for a reason)
+
+Still, we take great care in setting up licenses even if we know they are not
+always respected.
+
+But some other groups, for example the far right, use FOSS (Fediverse) and will
+not care. Often, these groups also have a lot of power on the courts and the
+legal system.
+
+
+## Post Open Source and the War for Survival
+
+Mostly licenses that build on the Free Software freedoms, but add restrictions
+on usage, often based on some moral principle.
+
+I think it's important to separate them from another type of licenses, that also
+uses the 4 freedoms as a 
+
+Is Post-Open in the same ballpark? No, since the goal isn't collective freedom,
+but to make businesses viable when they face the Tech Giants.
+
+Bruce Perens? postopen.org Wants to work on the problem of large corporate
+users using FOSS and not supporting it enough. Link to EL, but not what's our
+main interest: the 'ethics' still sticks to the liberal ideas of Open Source
+Stiil, PO has similar problems: how to reconciliate exisiting FOSS distribution
+channels (Debian, etc.) with software that isn't? PO answer: dual licensing.
+
+Interesting with PO: private forks allowed for paying customers, can't
+redistribute and become PO provider themselves. Can join the existing PO
+offering and get paid though
+
+## Ethical Licenses, a Worthwhile Dead-end
+
+1. Should we use "Ethical licenses"
+    - in what kind of projects
+    - what license to use
+2. Should we stop contributing to FOSS / publishing code
+3. Are "Ethical licences" enforceable
+4. How can we prevent our enemies from using our code
+    - are "Ethical licenses" enough?
+5. How can we help distribute projects under "Ethical licenses"
+
+## And Now?
+
+And now, we continue to fight. Should we? Is FOSS worth saving?
+
+Despairs and cynicism is OK on an individual basis, but cannot be collective.
+
+Cite https://www.canadaland.com/podcast/49-le-luxe-de-la-desillusion/