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@smallcircles I do not want to criticize the idea of social Software in any way. 馃げ But:
Most of us are doing software engineering as a job. This does and will mean that Software needs to earn money. Every time a company decides to do something open source, and I mean truly open, not just *source-available*, they do that out of the goodness of their heart.
And what we really need to do is educate companies and leaders. Free/Libre software rarely means less profit, but they think it does.
@torgeros for sure! There is nothing I disagree with in what you say. It is just that there are many intricate forces and aspects to take into account where it comes to (F)OSS, 'world improvement', and transitioning to a society that is able to live sustainably with its environenment / has a future.
Btw, I am talking against the backdrop of what I was just posting about (and which may have led you to find this toot).. https://social.coop/@smallcircles/116136189819727192
My general argument, I guess, is that we tend to dictate way too many virtues to the fact that something is (F)OSS. Software freedom is a great quality, but only one piece of a larger puzzle.
If we drop the towel after #WorkingInPublic until #ItsFoss we won't be able to let our work bring most benefit to society, in a direction beyond festering #hypercapitalism
@smallcircles tbh this post was the first thing I ever saw from you and I probably misunderstood the point. I really support this idea. I will do my research next time!
That is no problem at all, and it is in the nature of microblogging to just bump into a 'sticky note' posted in the past withou surrounding context. Microblogging is a nice medium for certain forms of communication, but avoiding context collapse is not part of the feature set :)
