Did the recent Linux drama change your views on how you perceived Open Source projects? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 month ago by Artemis_Mystique@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I for one am going through quite a culture shock. I always assumed the nature of FOSS software made it immune to be confined within the policies of nations; I guess if one day the government of USA starts to think that its a security concers for china to use and contribute to core opensource software created by its citizens or based in their boundaries, they might strongarm FOSS communities and projects to make their software exclude them in someway or worse declare GPL software a threat to national security.

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[-] jerkface@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Russia invading is a statistical risk. The USA (as the leading avatar of capital) exploiting, degrading, and destroying the commons we need to survive is an unavoidable certainty. Russia and Sweden are also doing those things, but on a significantly lesser scale.

[-] troed@fedia.io 0 points 1 month ago

Maybe you should read the IPCC reports?

[-] jerkface@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

That's a lot to cover... I've learned so far that Russia is responsible for 4% of the world's CO_2 emissions, and that emissions in Russia and Ukraine have decreased fastest of all countries since 1990. That the USA is responsible for 28% of all emissions that have accumulated since the Industrial revolution, and that Russia has emitted 11%. Is there something specific you would like me to learn about?

In large part, it's simply a matter of scale and wealth concentration. If Canada was as large and wealthy as the USA, we'd probably all be cooked by now.

[-] troed@fedia.io 2 points 1 month ago

Climate change is not a risk to human survival. Please study the WG2 parts for the possible risks we're facing depending on when and how much action we take.

You're correct in that large parts of Russia don't have indoor toilets and proper sanitation. Not sure that's a positive.

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