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Even if you think it's a great idea; it's still possible to be ok with new good ideas even if they happen to be at odds with capitalism. For instance, I think
by hasenj 16y ago
Even if you think it's a great idea; it's still possible to be ok with new good ideas even if they happen to be at odds with capitalism.
For instance, I think Open Source is a great idea, but this alone is not good enough reason to think that selling iPhone apps is evil.
Acting very cautious and defensive around capitalism makes it look like a holy untouchable ideology; this is what annoys me.
- olalonde 16y agoAgain, Open Source is not at odds with capitalism. Capitalism doesn't mean making money or selling stuff. In fact, charities aren't at odds with capitalism. Did you know that Wikipedia's founder, Jimmy Whales, is a libertarian?
- hasenj 16y agoAh careful. RMS's Free Software is not the same thing as Open Source. Open Source in and of itself is not at odds with capitalism. But Free Software is at odds with some ideas of capitalism. (In my humble opinion anyway, which is really irrelevant to my original point).
- dfox 16y agocan you point out the difference between "free software" and "open source" that causes one being at odds with "some ideas of capitalism", while other is not? Apart from "free software" being connected with RMS's ideology.