There was a similar scene in the early 2000s in Madrid. Diverse people, some of them more political, some more technical, some trying to promote free software.

There was a similar scene in the early 2000s in Madrid. Diverse people, some of them more political, some more technical, some trying to promote free software. I'm not sure why it disbanded, but I got the clear impression that unity was delusional. Political activists parasyted the free software movement. They contributed nothing, except the wild epic, while they used volunteers' work to publicize their agendas. I remember leaving a squatted house where Stallman was going to talk, when the girl I dated was utterly disgusted with the hygienic condition of the place and the squatters' children. That was the last straw for me.