v. 12.999

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FreeBSD 13.3-RELEASE-p8/amd64

Works

We the people of an American national union present:

• for all humans worldwide, an easy to use, free of cost, state of the art, standards compliant, open sourced, censorship resistant, operating system and decentralized communication infrastructure for personal, public or private socialization, trade, finance, journalism, art, science, research, education and community governance
• for all enterprise, small to large, established or innovative, a secure and stable platform for present and future technical requirements, endeavors and ambitions

Purpose

Computer software and network infrastructure technology has become integral to the fabric of every great society. It is incumbent upon us to maintain at least one reference implementation of a free, accessible and holistic system, making state-of-the-art computing and communication available to everyone, the world over. The capability and means to secure, modify and innovative upon it in a decentralized, federated digital ecosystem is crucial for society’s sustainability.

This is that system. Free as in beer for any who want to use it; free as in puppies for those who wish to nurture its growth and development.

We endeavor, above all else, to provide military grade rebel militia grade security (much better) to all. No, we do not condone any violence. The responsible and independent use of modern technology is the way to preserve liberty and freedom under the magnificent U.S.A. Constitution, common law and legal frameworks we have while continuing to promote justice and fair democracy throughout the world.

Impact

It is only through power granted to all that a great society shall remain sustainably peaceful and prosperous. Your liberty, autonomy, security and sovereignty, that of your families, organizations and networks, is our primary motivation and only incentive.

Structure

The nuOS [operating system] is not a “fork” of FreeBSD, per se. It is a reference implementation of a complete and well-rounded Berkeley System Distribution for deployment onto devices and across networks. We seek to remain as unopinionated as possible while including all of the tools and provisions interested users and enterprises may find useful to establish and support reliable and flexible operations, in-house.

We permit and respect your option to close access to your derivative works for private organizations, proprietary ventures, products and services. Dependence on any third parties (including those organizations behind nuOS, FreeBSD or the U.C. Berkeley) shall be frowned upon.

Network

The community which spawned this operating system has decided to do so in a way that allows the technological fruits of their labor to be offered and taken particularly, capable of being used regardless of said community, should you so wish to isolate or organize separately. We want to encourage you to join our community and participate within it. The only way we see such courage to be sustainable, participation to be a joy, is ensuring you’re always free to leave, unencumbered.

We offer this software with access to a global network. You are at liberty to bring the fruits and jewels of our community to your homes and businesses, feeling free to potentially share your own contributions. The entire community network is based upon the aforementioned software architecture, that you may spawn your own communities when, where and how you see fit, should you feel inclined to do so. We’re confident you’ll enjoy building with us, choosing to stay and participate.

Licence: BSD/MIT

All software carrying the authentic label or mark of nuOS is, hereby declared always will be, released with included source code and all of the allowances granted under the BSD or MIT licenses (save for any unmodified components or subsystems with well-defined boundaries and interfaces which may allow for the inclusion of software and source code covered by terms of the GNU/GPL, as developed by unaffiliated parties and projects).

The Berkeley Standard Distribution Licence and Massachusetts Institute of Technology License are among the most concise and permissive licensing agreements widely recognized by governments and the industries of technology and software development, drafted to maximally preserve the rights of users along with the liberties of engineers and developers. Contrast these to so-called “copyleft” licenses such as GNU/GPL (Gnu’s Not Unix, Gnu Public License) which attempt to enforce a socialist contract among their developers and users that, while certainly well-intending, have led to unintended, arguably unavoidable, monopolistic outcomes and nexuses of power naturally arising out of that misguided (if nonetheless noble) ideology while simultaneously hamstringing their users’ and adopters’ means of escape from beneath the “umbrella” of GNU/GPL.

Code of Conduct

You already know what it means to be decent. Act in good faith, assuming good intentions; we’re all here to learn and create, having fun while doing so.

Welcome aboard! Please don’t forget to visit our community.