2026-05-04 22:53 UTC
https://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/rail-are-nonfree-and-unethical better late (didn't interest in RAIL peak in 2023/4?) than never, complete with dysphemistic pun in "Thus, RAILed machine learning can be, and most probably will be, unethical."
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@mlinksva@mastodon.social 2026-05-04 23:39
Probably anyone reading this realizes it's 100% consistent, so "late" plausibly because anyone following the FSF doesn't need the RAIL-specific statement. I'm pretty sure there are earlier express statements but the obvious ones are https://www.gnu.org/licenses/hessla.html (2002) https://www.fsf.org/licensing/20050211.html https://fsfe.org/activities/gplv3/barcelona-rms-transcript.en.html#q11-banning-bad-use (2006) and https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/programs-must-not-limit-freedom-to-run.en.html (2012).