• JackbyDev@programming.dev
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      28 days ago

      FOSS is inherently political though, but I guess you mean country vs country politics moreso than ideological politics.

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      It has to be there, because politics is connected with lawmaking, and open source software is dependent on laws.

      A lot of people like to say that politics isn’t in their life or that they keep politics out of their life, but the reality is that’s just not true. The rules that govern society affect you, always, either with or without your input, either with or without your acknowledgment.

      You’re probably trying to say that we should keep pointless politicking out of open source software, and I agree, but that’s going to come down to personal definitions of pointlessness.

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      That is hardcore wishful thinking, the nature by which critical digital infrastructure is developed and maintained is of keen importance to political systems everywhere. This situation was inevitable with the ongoing escalation of war

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        That’s why the “should be” I guess, though that’s not to say there aren’t idiots (right in this thread too) actually shilling for this.

        If current open source licenses still have flaws like this, we’re gonna need new ones.