Re:Trump's new platform and the Affero General Public Licens...
by nobody9999 on Friday October 22, 2021 @04:53PM
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>The ACLU sued in order to force the local government to allow the marches to take place. They were quite literally demanding that a platform (the city streets) be provided for the speech they wanted to have.
Operative terms: Government and City streets.
In the US, the government may not restrict you from speaking (with some very narrow exceptions). City streets are public and under the control of the government.
F-Droid is not a government. Nor is its private property (its servers and infrastructure) in any way public.
As such, your analogy is flawed.
If what you appear to be advocating were true, I could come to your house, project (duly licensed, of course) gay, midget furry porn on your walls at max volume and you would have no recourse.
Private entities (specifically, those that are not the government) are under no obligation to host or promote the speech of others. And that's a good thing.
If you wish to stand on some sort of principle over this, I'll be by your place later with the foulest legal content I can find.
tl;dr: In the US, restrictions on speech only apply to the government. If you disagree, then you, me and everyone else would have to allow any content (whether you agree with it or not) on your private property.
Operative terms: Government and City streets.
In the US, the government may not restrict you from speaking (with some very narrow exceptions). City streets are public and under the control of the government.
F-Droid is not a government. Nor is its private property (its servers and infrastructure) in any way public.
As such, your analogy is flawed.
If what you appear to be advocating were true, I could come to your house, project (duly licensed, of course) gay, midget furry porn on your walls at max volume and you would have no recourse.
Private entities (specifically, those that are not the government) are under no obligation to host or promote the speech of others. And that's a good thing.
If you wish to stand on some sort of principle over this, I'll be by your place later with the foulest legal content I can find.
tl;dr: In the US, restrictions on speech only apply to the government. If you disagree, then you, me and everyone else would have to allow any content (whether you agree with it or not) on your private property.