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As i get old i get more and more annoyed and this useless armchair activism.

This piece of software is useless and cannot be employed anywhere and it’s essentially a futile exercise in virtue-signalling.

The problem is not technical, it’s political.

Go and make some actual political activism, don’t shit out useless software.



But shitting out useless software is what we do here!


Fair point.


As I get older I get more and more annoyed reading useless comments like yours.


This particular project is making a small political point, that this attempt at regulation of FOSS is useless and easily circumvented. The impact is proportional to the effort (small) but it’s not useless any more than running an ad would be.

Ageless Linux is a similar project, but with a larger possible impact, as it has the potential to serve as a test case for overturning the law. By directly and flagrantly violating the law, it serves as a magnet for prosecution.


Moot point, moot-er argumenting. Lawmakers are barely aware that github exists.




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