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> I'm saying that being in a position to have spare time to work on open source is a sign of privilege That is an assumption made without evidence. An equally
by sintaxi 8y ago
> I'm saying that being in a position to have spare time to work on open source is a sign of privilege
That is an assumption made without evidence. An equally qualified assumption would be that its a sign of privilege to not need to contribute to open source. You get an awesome education and go straight into well paying entry level position.
Committing to open source is not something casually done at ones leisure. Anything with traction becomes a significant responsibility and it takes an incredible amount of discipline and sacrifice to stay committed.
- rectang 8y agoPeople who have the time to contribute to open source possess a privilege when compared people who do not have the time. It may also be the case that there are other privileges at work, and that if you have two people they both have privileges over each other in different ways. I think it's better to consider privilege as multifaceted rather than a single global quantity. And in that case, I don't see such a strong disagreement between you and the comment you're replying to. I very much agree with your second paragraph.