It's important that we don't concede FOSS to people screaming at either end (or the middle for that matter) of the political spectrum that their side is the best.
FOOS is fundamentally socialist/communist in the first place. Everyone can contribute, improve, fork, and otherwise modify the software. This kind of community participation and control is fundamentally communist at its foundation.
You want non-communistic software? That’s closed source, where a small group of oligarchs at the top control everything.
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[ 141 ms ] story [ 1998 ms ] threadIt’s good to resist excessive labeling, in which case, it FOSS isn’t at least someone disruptive to capitalism-maxxxing. What are we even doing here.
In a decidedly post-UNIX world, I don't even know why this conversation would wind up on HN. It's not the 1990s anymore, Lunduke's ideology lost.
AI is fundamentally communist. It appropriates the property of individuals, claiming it to be for the good of the many.
You made this? I made this!
You want non-communistic software? That’s closed source, where a small group of oligarchs at the top control everything.