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Please upload all open source code to everywhere that will accept it. Make everything indestructible. Make it as easy as possible to find an authentic copy. Sti
by rcoveson 3y ago
Please upload all open source code to everywhere that will accept it. Make everything indestructible. Make it as easy as possible to find an authentic copy. Stick every bit of code with license that allows it in every free and proprietary neural network.
Did you write the absolute best implementation of X? I want to see it everywhere. Everywhere. In every single place where X is needed or discussed. Where all fine X are sold. Don't you? Or do you genuinely want to narrow the people who see your impl by some signifnicant percentage because you got frustrated with the ugly capitalism of a recent distribution mechanism?
If I invented Golden rice[0] I'd like to think I'd allow it to be sold at Panda Express and all the other evil capitalist chains, not just the local co-op whose business practices I prefer.
0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_rice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_rice
- tmtvl 3y agoIf I make a helmet with tracking to help rescue miners after a collapse I will not want to see it used by Qatar to track slaves: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33675370 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33675370 This may seem an extreme comparison, but to one who deeply cares about Free Software as defined by the FSF, proprietary software is bad. That's the difference between people who prefer Apache/BSD/MIT licenses versus those who prefer the (A)GPL.
- rcoveson 3y agoThat’s like saying that pacifists who refuse to own guns don’t really think war is bad, because they won’t take up arms to implement peace. Fighting fire with fire is one option. Fighting fire with water is another.