alt Hacker NewsNo, what is deemed evil by this blog, is what exploites open source. For open source software, that's very relevant.
Just like anti democratic values are relevant for democracies.
Don't straw man this.
No, what is deemed evil by this blog, is what exploites open source. For open source software, that's very relevant.
Just like anti democratic values are relevant for democracies.
Don't straw man this.
No, I did not. From the article. This is, unfortunately, a straightforward case of poorly-considered moralizing with extremely bad consequences.
> Overall, these ideas lead me to believe that the open source movement needs to see itself as in a larger social context. Can we shift the balance of power away from massive companies and their massive harms? Can we prevent Nazis from using our software? Should we even try?
> I know my goal: shift the default in open source from “it’s free for anyone to use” to “please don’t use this if you’re evil”. I don’t just want to do this for my little project; I want to slowly change the discourse. I’m not sure how to do that effectively, if it’s even possible.