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TeaDrunk5y ago· 5 in thread

The tech sector has almost never not been politicized, damn, are kids these days forgetting how much open source was fought for and defended?

selfmodruntime5y ago

Open Source is not influenced by political factors. Influencing factors are almost entirely economical, with the exception being decisions by lawmakers.

I'd rather they kept politics and so-called fights against racism out of Software, because they were never problematic there to begin with.

The terms master and slave for example are only in bad taste because people make them to be.

MaxBarraclough5y ago

To channel RMS: The political concern there is Free Software. Open Source isn't a political movement, it's an approach to software development that has similar ideas on software licensing.

raxxorrax5y ago

I remember that they fought for freedoms, not for corporate compliance.

pgeorgi5y ago

Not forgetting, they weren't there yet

wizzwizz45y ago

Neither was I. I remember. Youth is no excuse to be ignorant of recent history.

mavhc5y ago· 2 in thread

Everything is political.

Silicon Valley is polluted, all your hardware is made in China, algorithms shape what we see.

GoblinSlayer5y ago

That hardly a reason to sink deeper.

selfmodruntime5y ago

I agree. They are exterior problems and have nothing to do with open-source in itself.

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otikik5y ago

Consider that it might have always been politized, but the previous status quo might have been more convenient/pleasant to you (i.e. made it easier for you to ignore problems which affect others).

rawbot5y ago

I think this sentiment is a few years too late.

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