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In my view, all software is political in one way or another. Also, when software makes an attempt to be "politically neutral", in doing so it is making a political point.

So let's pick the Linus questionable part regarding the not a Social Warrior place, and I feel that it is time to either think about it or talk about it.

All feedback is welcomed.

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[–] axh@lemmy.world -1 points 6 days ago (17 children)

You got the feedback as the score under this post.

This statement makes no sense.

If "attempt to be politically neutral" is political, then actually getting up from the bed in the morning can be a political statement as well. Did you consider that some people just like to make things?

[–] Daxter101@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 6 days ago (14 children)

Yeah no. I don't think there's much value to arguing with you, but when there's an oppressor and an oppressed, "doing nothing" and "letting things be" is not neutral.

For "doing nothing" to be neutral, you have to believe the world is Just, as it is now. Do you?

[–] rebelsimile@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Is there ever not an oppressor and oppressed? If not this is a shit framework for evaluating anything.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 3 points 6 days ago

Isn't that the idea behind the GPL? To make it so even if a community behind a codebase regressed into that dynamic a different community can decide to fork it.

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