$150 may make up for a lifetime of not paying.
    • TheTechnician27@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      It’s fascinating to me that people prefer shitty nagware over 7-zip only because they think they’re “getting one over” by not paying for inferior software and/or feel nostalgic for it.

      • Ace@feddit.ukEnglish
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        2 months ago

        this? Sort of. In Windows, an archive within an archive within an archive wouldn’t be flagged as a “file downloaded from the internet” so could be executed without malware checks. It’s a windows-specific issue and is only an issue if you’re downloading an untrusted archive from the internet. It’s patched in the latest version.

      • kitnaht@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 months ago

        Yeah, WinRAR averages about 3 per year.

        All software stacks are going to be vulnerable in some way or another. We don’t have a way to create perfect software just yet.

  • Rav Sha'ul@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Libre software selling whatever they can is good for maintaining development.

    If the Linux kernel ever changed to AGPLv3 I would for sure buy one GNU/Linux stable release each year to make up for corporations that would ban Linux from their network due to AGPL3 legal obligations.

    • rtxn@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      corporations that would ban Linux from their network

      You can’t change the license retroactively. Corporations would likely hard-fork the kernel at the last GPL2 commit and move it to a restricted but compliant access model like Red Hat did.

      • CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        2 months ago

        You can change the license moving forward though it takes a tremendous amount of effort.

        Only rich companies have dedicated full time kernel developers. The vast majority literally take full advantage of the fact that the kernel is free (gratis). And any changes they make to the GPL2 kernel is still subject to open source disclosure.

        I believe Torvalds has publicly stated that he wouldn’t support a move to GPL3, let alone AGPL.

    • Mwa@lemm.eeEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Prob those companies will go back to windows server or freebsd lol.

      • Rav Sha'ul@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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        2 months ago

        For the sake of basic security, there should be a lot more corporate adoption of OpenBSD and FreeBSD. Company networks would be a lot more secure than using Linux due to Linux’s schizophrenic nature. Ask a full time BSD sysadmin their view on Linux.