I’m glad this is getting a lot of push back. The FOSS community should be a welcoming collaborative space, but such an environment is not possible when bigotry is is tolerated.

Great read. I learned through this about the Mullvad controversy, and I think I’ll stop using their services, which sucks because I think they were really ahead in the game when it comes to their privacy features. Oh well.

I’ll be happy for the day people stop believing foss is a story of ethical philanthropy and instead understand its macroeconomic value to consortiums who need technology that isn’t owned by a monopoly.

Confusing read. The author criticizes OSI but doesn’t seem to acknowledge free software or the FSF at all.

Open source has existed since the beginning for the benefit of corporations.

Just wait until more people on the planet get access to education and computers. Globalisation isn’t done yet.

Right now most code is written by people who have benefitted from the exploitation of non-Western countries. I am one of those people and if you’re able to read this, big chance is you are too.

But things change.

Good read! Thank you very much for writing this! :)

Open source isn’t counterculture anymore, sorry but it has gotten too big to fit in your backpocket.

I understand you disagree with some of the people using and writing it now… but if that’s the case, perhaps communities using a different kind of license would be better suited for you if you cannot get along with them?

I feel like the author is trying to point out some kind of hypocrisy while also feeding into one themselves… if open source was supposed to be for everyone, well, that includes people you don’t like. And you’re not going to change their opinions any more than they can change yours.