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"So what's our next fight?" I don't have a next fight. If I'm going to fight for something, it's going to be something a whole lot more important than compute

"So what's our next fight?" I don't have a next fight. If I'm going to fight for something, it's going to be something a whole lot more important than computer software. Free software is here to stay. Success has occurred. I'm not going to grope around for another fight. Instead I'm going to harness my software freedoms to write software that does what I need it to do.

astrodust 10y ago
Precisely. Why do you need to stay in a perpetual state of war? What's wrong with peace?
- TeMPOraL 10y ago
  Peace is fine. But go and negotiate one with the market. I'm fine with calling it a war, because it is kind of a defensive war - the current direction of affairs, the default, seems to be going towards a pretty bad future.
bo1024 10y ago
One point I took away from the article was to look around and think more deeply about what issues today are just important as freedom in computing was during the ascension of Linux. To me, a big one is ownership: who really owns/controls the things we purchase? As for free software, consider that desktop computers are rapidly becoming less and less relevant to consumers at large, on average, yet they are also becoming one of the last holdouts of free software. Of the devices being produced and sold today, what fraction are free and what fraction are locked down? How do you expect that to change tomorrow?
- kazinator 10y ago
  Desktop computers are extremely relevant to people who do anything more than passively consume entertainment and participate on social networks. Mobile touch screen devices are next to useless for creating content. Also, speaking of desktops, don't forget laptops.
  - bo1024 10y ago
    I totally agree, but despite this, I still think desktops' general-population relevance is declining. I also think that laptops unfortunately are trending toward less freedom as compared to desktops.
ultramancool 10y ago
Intel SGX.
spacelizard 10y ago
I think the point is that sociopolitical struggles continue outside of what we do as free software authors, and so we regularly need to re-examine the greater context in which we operate.

astrodust 10y ago

Precisely. Why do you need to stay in a perpetual state of war? What's wrong with peace?

TeMPOraL 10y ago
Peace is fine. But go and negotiate one with the market. I'm fine with calling it a war, because it is kind of a defensive war - the current direction of affairs, the default, seems to be going towards a pretty bad future.

bo1024 10y ago

One point I took away from the article was to look around and think more deeply about what issues today are just important as freedom in computing was during the ascension of Linux. To me, a big one is ownership: who really owns/controls the things we purchase? As for free software, consider that desktop computers are rapidly becoming less and less relevant to consumers at large, on average, yet they are also becoming one of the last holdouts of free software. Of the devices being produced and sold today, what fraction are free and what fraction are locked down? How do you expect that to change tomorrow?

kazinator 10y ago
Desktop computers are extremely relevant to people who do anything more than passively consume entertainment and participate on social networks. Mobile touch screen devices are next to useless for creating content. Also, speaking of desktops, don't forget laptops.
- bo1024 10y ago
  I totally agree, but despite this, I still think desktops' general-population relevance is declining. I also think that laptops unfortunately are trending toward less freedom as compared to desktops.

ultramancool 10y ago

Intel SGX.

spacelizard 10y ago

I think the point is that sociopolitical struggles continue outside of what we do as free software authors, and so we regularly need to re-examine the greater context in which we operate.