# I am the Watcher. I am your guide through this vast new twtiverse.
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# Usage:
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/users View list of users and latest twt date.
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/twt View all twts.
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/mentions?uri=:uri View all mentions for uri.
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/conv/:hash View all twts for a conversation subject.
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# Options:
# uri Filter to show a specific users twts.
# offset Start index for quey.
# limit Count of items to return (going back in time).
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# twt range = 1 7
# self = https://watcher.sour.is/conv/cgt57ia
@prologic I respectfully disagree. Software is offered or sold on terms, and if corporations aren't giving back, that's because they don't have to: Most people with money have it because they don't part with it when they don't have to. If we want healthy open source, we have to set terms for open source that establish healthy relationships with corporate users.
@ocdtrekkie Whilst I respect your opinion here and actually agree with it, my point here was more that there are countless corporations that do abuse open source software and don't follow
@ocdtrekkie Whilst I respect your opinion here and actually agree with it, my point here was more that there are countless corporations that do abuse open source software and don't follow the license terms and conditionals at all. Even the most basic permissive license MIT License _requires_ attribution, copyright and license to be retained. But how often do you _actually_ see this complied with? 🤔
@ocdtrekkie Whilst I respect your opinion here and actually agree with it, my point here was more that there are countless corporations that do abuse open source software and don't follow the license terms and conditionals at all. Even the most basic permissive license MIT License _requires_ attribution, copyright and license to be retained. But how often do you _actually_ see this complied with? 🤔
@prologic I would say I do see a lot of commercial software including an "open source" link somewhere that lists out the projects they use and their respective license files. I am sure there are many violators, but in the case of MIT-licensed software it is likely more of a lack of knowledge than real noncompliance, as there is almost no cost to compliance, unlike with the GPL.