Re: Is free software political?
On 15348 March 1977, Jonathan Carter wrote:
1. Do you think that free software is inherently political? Do you think
there's place for politics in free software?
2. The same as #1, but for Debian instead of free software.
Well, I think that in the case of #1, the Free Software Foundation (and
hence the free software movement and free software) is very much
political on purpose, it's part of their core identity and this guides
their decisions.
In Debian's case, we definitely take less political stances (if at all),
but many of our choices have consequences and I don't think it's wise to
deny that there are major political consequences to our work, and while
I don't think it's necessary to have as many political stances and
statements as the FSF does, I do think that we should perhaps also be
more diligent when considering non-technical consequences of our
decisions.
Hey now, that answer is for a different question of "Should Debian be
politically active?". Which we, as a project, are not much of, yes.
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bye, Joerg
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