Nicolas Gimenez

Building Agora Citizen Network

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2026-02-17 20:34:27 CET

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I'm very happy to agree to disagree on the opinions.
Though about what I said on the definition of what Free Software actually means, it's not an opinion but a fact.
But I respect that you think software should only be public good and receive exclusively donations of good will, if I understand well?
We can agree to disagree respectfully!

2026-02-17 20:24:41 CET

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my friend you have a problem with the definition of open source and free software. It has NEVER meant anything regarding monetization AT ALL. This is a complete misunderstanding. Free software != Free as in free beer. It's neutral to monetization. How do you think Nextcloud makes money if not by monetizing their FOSS?
I wrote this a long time ago. Good refresher, still relevant: https://github.com/baozi-technology/baozi-web/blob/master/content%2F09-11-2019%2Findex.md

2026-02-17 20:14:57 CET

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maybe I did! For "anarchist" I get it. For anti capitalist that doesn't make sense to me. Nothing prevents anybody at the protocol level from monetizing access to their API or other aspect of their server. No matter federated or not.

2026-02-17 20:06:55 CET

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Dear Matt, you're misunderstanding my initial tweet. I was not referring to Palestinians. Read the comments in this thread to understand the context.

2026-02-17 18:21:33 CET

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you're taking this WAY too personally, while we don't even know each other. I am very much entitled to my own opinion, btw, cofounder of Agora or not. I am not an anticapitalist anarchist, fine, so what? What the heck is this ad hominem attack? The whole point of Agora is to get people to talk to each other, people who usually don't appreciate each other, without trolling, and finding common ground. Your very reaction shows exactly why I build it.