step one in any possible reboot of the free software movement is always gonna be to refuse corporate sponsorship . always always .
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@fiore i think we need an effective description of "corporate". is this a legal definition? does this disadvantage us compared to mysteriously funded nonprofit orgs?
@hipsterelectron “non-person” . this also includes corpo affiliations , ofc
@fiore i want to form a coalition movement
@fiore cause i have Concerns about mysteriously funded nonprofit orgs
@fiore what about a service/tech support contract. is that allowed
@hipsterelectron that makes you corpo
@fiore corpos that do genocide are distinctly different than corpos that don't to me
@hipsterelectron@circumstances.run @fiore@brain.worm.pink the difference between a corporation that does an atrocity and the corporation that does not do an atrocity is not some moral betterness by the board of directors. Sure some small time businesses may genuinely be driven by a guy with a desire to do good. But that chafes and gnashes against the demanded logic of capitalism to seek profit above all else or be annahilated. Like fiore said those which do genocide are those which have a profit incentive to do so. And those who do not follow profit incentive like its their religion will eventually be fed on by vultures picking on their stagnating corpse.
@hipsterelectron @nagirin boycotting is a tiny patch not a solution
@hipsterelectron @nagirin @LGUG2Z licenses mean very little to me
