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There was a time where we were being political for doing open source… we were characterised as communists by some, extreme left wing activists for others for having a movement, that defended affordable transparent software for all. So yeah little bud, open source was a political statement.



Everything we do is political. The original Stallman "free (as in freedom) software" movement had anti-corporate politics. The "Open Source Software" movement was a deliberate attempt to coopt the movement to be more pro-corpotate.




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