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I’m tempted to put Linux in the second class: I didn’t vote to put Linux in AI servers, defense projects, Teslas. I didn’t choose to ban devs based on their nationalities either. I’d be pretty wary of allowing MIT kernel modules.
I think the key point with Linux is that at least no single corporation has enough control over it to dictate the direction of the project on its own. Sure, modern Linux is fairly corporate and somewhat beholden to capitalist interests in general, but there’s a lot of different actors pulling things in different directions, and the community (by that I mean non-corpo interests) still plays a role in decision making.
I didn’t vote to put Linux in AI servers, defense projects, Teslas
The definition of FLOSS mandates that software authors relinquish control over how and by whom their software is used, see for example the JSON licensing controversy. But I agree that we should rethink this somewhat libertarian approach and at least try to prevent our software being used for evil.
I didn’t choose to ban devs based on their nationalities
Yeah that one was a yikes. Especially given it wasn’t even prompted by any legal threats, it was just the Linux devs complying with an unjust law prematurely.
I’d be pretty wary of allowing MIT kernel modules.
Wait, is that a thing?? Unless you mean the out of tree modules, in which case the MIT ones are not the worst offenders (looking at you NVidia)
I’m tempted to put Linux in the second class: I didn’t vote to put Linux in AI servers, defense projects, Teslas. I didn’t choose to ban devs based on their nationalities either. I’d be pretty wary of allowing MIT kernel modules.
I think the key point with Linux is that at least no single corporation has enough control over it to dictate the direction of the project on its own. Sure, modern Linux is fairly corporate and somewhat beholden to capitalist interests in general, but there’s a lot of different actors pulling things in different directions, and the community (by that I mean non-corpo interests) still plays a role in decision making.
The definition of FLOSS mandates that software authors relinquish control over how and by whom their software is used, see for example the JSON licensing controversy. But I agree that we should rethink this somewhat libertarian approach and at least try to prevent our software being used for evil.
Yeah that one was a yikes. Especially given it wasn’t even prompted by any legal threats, it was just the Linux devs complying with an unjust law prematurely.
Wait, is that a thing?? Unless you mean the out of tree modules, in which case the MIT ones are not the worst offenders (looking at you NVidia)
Yeah, out of tree modules… For now.
It’s too bad that Stallman is just a neckbeard ancap.