In reply to @mrpenner:matrix.org
He talked about how Ardour is funded, but it's a digital audio workstation, not a browser.

https://louigiverona.com/?page=projects&s=writings&t=philosophy&a=philosophy_freedoms

https://discourse.ardour.org/t/is-open-source-a-diversion-from-what-users-really-want/102665

A quote I collected on my site ->

Of course, developing software with complexity on the level of Ardour’s is never going to be easy, and finding other people willing and able to contribute to such a project is always going to be hard, whether you’re an open source project or a proprietary company.

However, underlying both of those reasons why I wanted to use the GPL was a conviction the access to the source code was critical to both:

giving users the freedom they deserved
attracting developers (or even just “power users”) to contribute to the project
I remain convinced that access to source code is a fundamental part of the “four freedoms” that Richard Stallman has outlined as the basis of the concept of “free/libre software”. But as described at great length and exhaustive detail by Berlin-based electronic musician and developer Louigi Verona, it’s not quite that simple.

In reply to @mrpenner:matrix.org
He talked about how Ardour is funded, but it's a digital audio workstation, not a browser.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/09/hacker-boots-linux-on-intels-first-ever-cpu/

https://dmitry.gr/?r=05.Projects&proj=35.%20Linux4004

Linux on an Intel 4004. I only skimmed the original article, but I guess he wrote a MIPS emulator in 4004 assembly that can boot Linux… in 4.76 days. He's planning to compile the kernel on, figuring it will take several years.