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Some of us value other things (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source-software_movement#Motivations_of_programmers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source-
by automatoney 4y ago
Some of us value other things (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source-software_movement#Motivations_of_programmers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source-software_movement#...) more than additional compensation. These ideas have roots in the original hacker culture that this site was named for - this stuff is the foundation of a lot of computer culture.
- nonrandomstring 4y agoIncreasingly I hear this expressed as "Technology In The Public Interest", and is a movement I strongly affiliate with because it is related to national security (as I have defined it elsewhere) [0] as resilience and sustainability. See writing [1] and institutional support [2][3] separate from notions of software freedom as traditionally carried by Stallman et al/EFF/GNU/FSF. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31108570 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31108570 [1] https://www.schneier.com/essays/archives/2019/01/the_public-interest_.html https://www.schneier.com/essays/archives/2019/01/the_public-... [2] https://www.macfound.org/programs/technology/ https://www.macfound.org/programs/technology/ [3] https://www.fordfoundation.org/news-and-stories/big-ideas/public-interest-technology/ https://www.fordfoundation.org/news-and-stories/big-ideas/pu...