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Agreed — supporting free/libre software is invariably made less attractive to most because of the people* shouting loudest about it. * some of, at least
by weevil 3y ago
Agreed — supporting free/libre software is invariably made less attractive to most because of the people* shouting loudest about it.
* some of, at least
- Spivak 3y agoOh man this hits hard, I used to be such a strong advocate for Free Software, copyleft, open firmware and drivers. I worked on FOSS projects, was an actual "member" of the FSF during a time when I really didn't have the money to donate. The dream just like… died. There was so much pointless drama, public opinion (tbh rightfully) turned against RMS and the GPL, the banner flown by people who believed in the mission, just became another license. It was one of my first sad "don't meet your heroes" moments. I don't even bother licensing my work under the L/GPL anymore because nobody cares and it just makes my code less useful to folks.