free as in freedom for humans. machines neither want nor need freedom

_heimdall 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

That's like saying you're free to build your own shed, as long as you don't use hammers. Hammers don't need nor want freedom.

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philipallstar 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Machines are tools used by humans. Codeberg has banned a certain class of tool used by humans.

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vrighter 2 days ago | parent [-]

as is their right, and the wish of a very significant chunk of their users. you're still free to use other platforms.

	▲	r_lee 2 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		"free to use other platforms" doesn't mean that Codeberg is a "free" platform. might as well say Google is a free Git alternative because you're free to use another one since you can't use it for git
	▲	philipallstar 2 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I don't know what this means. Is close source software open because you're free to use other software?

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Shish2k 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I wonder how much internet-argument bandwidth would be saved if we used different words for "freedom from" vs "freedom to", instead of putting both things on a single scale and then arguing over which is "more free"...

	▲	1718627440 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		It's a matter of perspective and what you perceive to be the default. Freedom from prevention of X is Freedom to not do X.

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bheztio 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

So if I'm not free to use a hammer, that's actually not a constriction of my freedom because "the hammer neither wants nor needs freedom"?

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aabhay 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Speak for yourself

	▲	vrighter 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		i spoke for nobody. neither myself nor you or anyone else. and machines can't speak or hold opinions, so i can't speak for them either