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2024-03-14 18:37:10

Xandra Granade 🏳️‍⚧️ on Nostr: There is a conflict between "open source is good because software should not seek to ...

There is a conflict between "open source is good because software should not seek to reduce user freedom or to extract rent from users" and "open source is good because it allows corporations to pool shared infrastructure and to extract value from volunteer labor."

That conflict necessarily rears its head in any consideration of values or ethics in open source projects and communities.
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