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> "card-carrying" > "I used to see Stallman lecture." I see this more often. Is this somehow to indicate the level of engagement you felt? Because Free Softwa
by craigsmansion 8y ago
> "card-carrying"
> "I used to see Stallman lecture."
I see this more often. Is this somehow to indicate the level of engagement you felt? Because Free Software is about the 4 software freedoms, everything else is maybe your own romanticised version of what that should mean, and you somehow felt let down by those expectations. And that's regrettable, but ultimately very much your own experience, and mentioning it lends no credence to any argument.
> I started noticing that these beliefs weren’t really actually helpful, and were frankly, mostly harmful.
No, not "these beliefs", your beliefs, as reality likely didn't quite pan out as you expected it would.
> even though I was a passionate Free Software advocate, I found myself near-exclusively building Open Source software.
Maybe you're not the best person to write about "Free Software" vs "Open Source", or what would or should come "after Open Source".
- fartcannon 8y agoRight? It strikes me that perhaps he doesn't know what he wants. This is not a F/OSS issue, this is a bureaucratic issue.
- steveklabnik 8y agoOver the course of twenty years, especially in the twenty before your first thirty, many people grow, change, refine their understanding of themselves and the world around them, and reject beliefs they previously held. That’s just a part of being human.