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Boycotting FOSS projects in the wake of the "buy canadian/european" movement makes no sense (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 5 days ago by not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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I've seen many threads suggesting products but they often don't mention FOSS projects, which should always be preferred to corporate software. With FOSS you are already boycotting capitalism, on either side. Free and Open Source ignores borders and shouldn't be categorized in nationalist terms, no matter where some of the maintainers happen to live.

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[-] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

FOSS is definitely not boycotting capitalism, but its still an objectively good thing. I see FOSS work as a way for relatively rich imperial core citizens to give back to the world.

Definitely do not boycott FOSS projects.

[-] rmrf@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 days ago

I don't understand why you say FOSS isn't boycotting capitalism. I don't disagree, but I also don't know enough to agree yet.

[-] doubtingtammy@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 days ago

Look at the success of Linux. It's not in opposition to capitalism, it's ba kernel widely used by capitalists. If Linux was truly a threat to capitalism, google wouldn't use it in their phones.

I still think that Linux and open source are great. They're just not neccesarily anticapitalist. They definitely can be in certain circumstances, and definitely make some rent seeking impossible

[-] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 1 points 4 days ago

To be fair, what Google is doing is a perversion of the original intent of Linux. It used to be a direct competitor to commercial OSs. Google turned it into one.