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I'm not sure it would be considered a union if the people involved aren't being paid. However, there is already a public, collective, confrontational approach t
by seoaeu 6y ago
I'm not sure it would be considered a union if the people involved aren't being paid. However, there is already a public, collective, confrontational approach to dealing with an open source project with problematic leadership: forking.
- msla 6y agoThat doesn't really answer my question: If there's a strike, all workers go on strike, so is Open Source/Free Software development considered work? > I'm not sure it would be considered a union if the people involved aren't being paid. Open Source projects compete directly with closed-source software, sometimes very successfully. It's a big part of the industry.
- seoaeu 6y agoWait, are you talking about a general strike where all workers in an entire industry go on strike? In the US, strikes are usually limited to a single employer/workplace. So you might see all the employees of Bob's Software Shack stop working (even if their day job was to contribute to open source) until the company improves salaries/benefits/reinstates taco Tuesday. However, I have a hard time imagining that there would be a call for all software developers in the country to go on strike, so I really don't know what volunteer open source contributors would do.