[Themaintainers] The historical (and ethical) context of the Open Source movement

M. Fioretti mfioretti at nexaima.net
Wed Jan 22 05:23:54 EST 2020


On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 17:39:42 PM +0100, Don Goodman-Wilson wrote:
>    Howdy everyone!
> 
>    As some of you may know, for the last year or so I've been undertaking a
>    critical look at the Open Source software movement.

Thanks for this and... some thoughts from me on the very same topic, since ~2006:

2019: http://stop.zona-m.net/2019/09/have-we-missed-something-in-foss-of-course/

2006: http://stop.zona-m.net/2006/09/seven-things-were-tired-of-hearing-from-software-hackers/

2006: http://stop.zona-m.net/2006/11/a-free-software-manifesto-for-all-of-us/

The most recent post contains also links to intermediate writings on
the same issues. Feedback very welcome, of course.

Marco

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