@cwebber @lxoliva The fact that it's "vs" is also an ESR legacy. When you promote "open source" as a better development methodology instead of "free software" as a moral imperative, you become vulnerable to this sort of argument.

Chris, have you read Vinge's Rainbows End? The SHE and the system they'd built on top of it vs Free Software might make a good show topic.

"Many Linux and FOSS geeks today use Linux only professionally. Most of their personal work is on proprietary Apple and Microsoft gear. Many use Windows or macOS boxes in presentations about FOSS topics."

Yeah I can only shake my head sadly when someone pretends to give a shit about FOSS while using a Mac and an iPhone.

https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/we-need-save-what-made-linux-and-foss-possible

If you're using a VPN, make sure they don't have a presence in Russia. NordVPN and ExpressVPN are on the list. PIA appears not to be. TorGuard pulled out of Russia when they got the order.

https://torrentfreak.com/russia-orders-major-vpn-providers-to-block-banned-sites-or-face-blocking-themselves-190328/

You want cyberpunk dystopia? Because that's how you get cyberpunk dystopia.

This is massive corporate welfare for the giant (mostly American) corporations who can easily afford to do the filtering that lets them keep their safe harbor under this law (and are already doing it). It's also corporate welfare for the American content cartel.

And here I thought Europeans didn't like Google, Facebook, and Hollywood.