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> This is why “free” and open source software (FOSS) will not help us. A software license touches on the software, not on the human relationships which the soft
by theandrewbailey 9y ago
> This is why “free” and open source software (FOSS) will not help us. A software license touches on the software, not on the human relationships which the software mediates. It is those relationships that lock us into positions where Zuckerberg's foot is on our necks.
I have never heard such a succinct reason why Stallman's crusade against proprietary software will not work. I will remember this.
- yarrel 9y agoSuccinct but wrong. Here's Stallman in 2010: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-serve.en.html https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-s...