So RMS has been canceled. Maybe this is a good opportunity to talk about the state of FLOSS software? I’m genuinely curious
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When I eventually figured out that part of OSS meant folks contribute back to the projects, I was definitely intimidated by the prospect of committing patches to it. The communities around things like Linux, Emacs or other tools didn't help.
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People like RMS have shaped the discourse and culture of things like FLOSS for a long time, and the more toxic aspects of their leadership trickled down. See @_sagesharp_ and @sarahmei for more insights om this.
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Now OSS is ubiquitous. People can clone and fork projects in a fairly standard way, and a generation of programmers are simply used to having good, free tools available to them. Where does this leave "Free" vs "Libre" discussions, for eg?
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Meanwhile, toxic folks like RMS or Linus Torvalds seem to be less, um, necessary for communities to thrive. Why put up with BS and exclude so many bright folks?
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