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Suppose run-amok #capitalism is a car model. Then what is its engine that keeps it going on its destructive rampage? And what fuel does it run on?
Is it the #internet revved up to full overload? Is it high octane #data, that keeps the pistons running like crazy?
According to a Harvard study, FOSS contributes ~9 trillion to hypercapitalist #economy.
What then is #FOSS in this analogy? Free turbochargers?
@smallcircles Having only skimmed through the article, I can't yet vouch for the methods used in the survey...
but it's enough to make one wonder if FOSS is a net positive or negative to the world, despite its overall good intentions.
@smallcircles@social.coop I don't think the F in FOSS is the thing you're looking for. The title of the article you linked also does not seem to include the F. This is about open source, not free software. Open source is the corporate bootlicker variant, where you just publish the source code under a license which allows a company to take it and create proprietary software with it.
Free software intends to make software freedom available to all, using viral licenses which extend the four freedoms to everyone, at all times. If the companies were forced to use free software, they'd be required to publish their source code as well, for the betterment of everyone in society. We could all learn and improve, rather than simply sponsor major corporations to fuck us all over.
There's a big difference between free software and open source, and murkying the waters as your post attempts is only benefiting the companies that you complain about.
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