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Open Source is Broken
Don Goodman-Wilson
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ka tsu don
.tech
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Open Source is Broken Don Goodman-Wilson ka tsu don - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Open Source is Broken Don Goodman-Wilson ka tsu don @DEGoodmanWilson .tech @DEGoodmanWilson @DEGoodmanWilson Licences should not be political. some rando on Reddit @DEGoodmanWilson Its not Open Source. some rando
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“Licences should not be political.”
— some rando on Reddit
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“It’s not Open Source.”
— some rando on Reddit
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Can I stop “evil people” from using my program?
- No. The Open Source Definition specifies that
Open Source licenses may not discriminate against persons or groups. Giving everyone freedom means giving evil people freedom, too.
— https://opensource.org/faq#evil
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Whiskey . Tango. Foxtrot.
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Why do we hold
“Open”
in such high esteem?
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A Brief History
- f a Failed
Libertarian Utopia
Still from「⽥園に死す」, 1974, 寺⼭ 修司
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Photo: 1967, Bernie Boston
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We are as gods and might as well get good at it.
In response to [the power of government and big business]…a realm of intimate, personal power is developing—power of the individual to conduct his
- wn education, find his own inspiration, shape his
- wn environment, and share his adventure with
whoever is interested.
— The Whole Earth Catalog
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Information technologies…empower the individual, enhance personal freedom, and radically reduce the power of the nation-state. Existing social, political and legal power structures will wither away to be replaced by unfettered interactions between autonomous individuals and their software.
— “The Californian Ideology”
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The Paradox
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Openness
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Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of
- tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those
who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them. …We should therefore claim, in the name of tolerance, the right not to tolerate the intolerant.
— Karl Popper
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What do we tolerate in the name of “openness”?
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Open Source exacerbates existing injustices
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Open Source is the playground of the privileged
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Open Source
incentivizes
exploiting
a volunteer labor force
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I want us to denormalize this state of affairs
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Stop asking the wrong questions
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Is it…
…Open Source? …politics-free? …enforceable?
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So what questions
should
we be asking?
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What are the forces that have led us to this point?
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What do we owe to each other as people?
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How do we evolve as a community?
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