Hackers' Pub

Syntax	Description	Examples
`"` keyword `"`	Finds the string within quotes, including spaces. Case-insensitive. (Escape quotes inside with `\"`)	`"Hackers' Pub"`
`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
condition `OR` condition	Finds content that satisfies at least one of the conditions on either side of the OR operator (logical OR).	`#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

ploum @ploum@mamot.fr

3/5/2026, 8:56:59 PM

Public

Step 1: Convince geeks that copyleft is "against entrepreneurship"

Step 2: Convince geeks that all the GPL-licensed FLOSS foundational software should be rewritten using MIT/BSD license

Step 3: Provide a proprietary tool trained on GPL software which "rewrrite" the same software but without the license.

–––We are there, we can still move away from that path–––

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Last step: congratulations, you have killed the last remains of independence in the software world

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