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Open source is inherently political. I think it's anti-capitalist and I remember how pro-capitalist people called it communist back in the 90s/00s. Saying open
by panzi 1y ago
Open source is inherently political. I think it's anti-capitalist and I remember how pro-capitalist people called it communist back in the 90s/00s. Saying open source isn't political is almost like saying Star Trek isn't political.
- bigstrat2003 1y agoNo it isn't. I have contributed to, and used, many open source projects without it ever being political. All I did was share work I created because it might help someone out, or use a tool I found useful. Some people choose to make open source political and that's their right, but it isn't inherently political. That is a choice one makes.
- worik 1y ago> All I did was share work You may not have political opinions but you took political action....
- panzi 1y agoYeah, it baffles me how people don't realize that.
- worik 1y agoI understand Politics is "dirty", understandably. But people are mostly decent. It is the evil powerful hideous people that make politics dirty and life bad So acting as a decent considerate, loving even, person becomes a political act Not good, things could be better, but it is what it is
- anonfordays 1y agoNot far leftist identitiy political action though, and thats the key difference. That was nowhere to be found in software not that long ago.
- kardianos 1y ago"everything is political" -> Communism