So I finally broke down and made a very poor purchasing decision and ordered an e-ink writer to be a notepad/e-reader hybrid. Partially so that it is less of a hassle to read books I got from kickstarters and the like while still using the kindle app for the disturbing amounts of money I throw at Amazon.

Historically? I loved goodreads because theoretically I would get good recommendations based on what I liked. In practice, that has never happened but it is still nice to see if I read something in the past. And once I have multiple ebook ecosystems, it will be nice to actually check that rather than spend the first 100 pages wondering if this is familiar.

So any good recommendations? I suspect what I SHOULD do (and will likely start doing more as a self betterment thing) is just put a note in my personal nextcloud every time I finish a book with a quick summary and some thoughts. But having the big database is also really nice.

Thanks

  • AbidanYre@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    12 days ago

    I’m not sure what exactly you consider “core rules” but GPL3 also puts stipulations on how software can be used and who can use it but I doubt you would be complaining about that.

    I’m also not a lawyer, but I don’t see how a license that says “if you’re an individual, do whatever you want” is going to stop someone with good intentions from contributing.

    • dan@sffa.communityEnglish
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      11 days ago

      Software Freedom #0: The freedom to run the program as you wish, for any purpose

      Open source criteria #6: The license must not restrict anyone from making use of the program in a specific field of endeavor. For example, it may not restrict the program from being used in a business, or from being used for genetic research.

      By forbidding some entities from using the software, it violates both Free Software and Open Source and makes itself proprietary.