FOSS Development Has Become Too Political A large portion of FOSS development has ...
... the hands of Big Tech behind it and we have an increasing trend of devs actively using FOSS development as a medium for activism. Many have been blocked for political wrongthink.
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Unfortunately, the ideals that gave rise to GNU/Linux as we know also have compatibility with political ideologies, so there is a syncretism between the Open Source movement and certain political ideologies
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It's not a perfect connection. There are those who are against free markets, Intellectual Property etc. that develop open source software. Most of the cryptosphere is also open source; yet remain pro free market, privacy and meritocracy. I don't know of anyone being banned from crypto projects for supporting the wrong political party. We still have hope.
We have hope, but many projects are contaminated by this syncretism, and that is undeniable. However, I believe that, as time goes by, this will be reduced, and that these projects will continue to be just minorities
What matters in this case is that we maintain our individualities. The crypto scene and web3 are much more plural in this sense, and I believe that the right direction for us to take in all projects is to follow this example, and not impose our political opinions on others or ban project contributors simply for not following our personal ideas. outside the project
Of course, it's just my opinion
Anyone is free to make their own fork and their commits will make their way back to upstream if they are good. I believe in the end it is the quality of your contribution that determines whether it will be included or which fork becomes the “main” fork.
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I like Fosscad on reddit, https://reddit.com/r/fosscad its diy ooen source 3d printed gun building and I'm suprised they're even allowed and not banned because they teach you how to make your own grenade launcher and grenades with blackpowder you can buy online. It's crazy
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Like seriously the most popular thing on fosscad in the 3d printed gun community are these grenade launchers "nameless" or "odin" made by AWYC Are We Cool Yet, & they make indie game level marketing videos but it's for a free 3d printed diy GRENADELAUNCHER. What are kids planning
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