u/JViz

Alberta Tech Asks: Is Open Source Software Dead?

A company called MALUS is rewriting FOSS software en-masse with clean room implementations using AI in order to allow large corporate donors to switch over to proprietary versions. This allows the corporate donors to end their FOSS contributions.

Link to Alberta Tech video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpqFZBWcStU

Link to MALUS website: https://malus.sh/

Link to my previous thread from 3 months ago: https://www.reddit.com/r/foss/comments/1r7ebzv/gpl_40_should_be_off_limits_for_ai/

u/JViz — 3 hours ago

▲ 20 r/Android

I want a cheap phone with no AI and no restrictions on side-loading. I see Motorola phones on a lot of "supported devices" lists, but allegedly they're a giant pain in the ass to actually root/flash.

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u/JViz — 26 days ago