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askBeehaw: should copyright even exist at all? and if it should, how long *should* the ideal term of copyright be? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

this is an interesting (infuriating) one: most asthma meds ~~are~~ were generic, but were re-formulated with a different propellant that was less harmful to the atmosphere. Despite the actual medicine not changing, they got their patents renewed and the generics got taken off the market

a total failure of the system

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In your opinion, which FOSS software is by many considered "old" or "obsolete", but are in fact, in your opinion, in many ways better than the newer alternatives? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (8 children)

vi, lynx, mutt, and of course X11 > wayland

though also controversially, I'll take systemD over sysVinit

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