Re:Developers join call for GitHub to cancel its ICE contract
by andonisus on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @01:24PM
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There are political consequences for everything we do. I never said there weren't any. All I said was that I don't think we should be concerned with the politics of selling apolitical software.
Re:Developers join call for GitHub to cancel its ICE contract
by aalleavitch on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @01:31PM
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Right? Imagine the horror of companies having to take strong ethical stances on the use of their software and how their company influences the world around them. If companies had to care about ensuring that the fruits of their labor had impacts that were in accordance with the moral beliefs of their employees, that might even cut into shareholder profits. The terror!
Claiming that there are no political consequences for your actions is simply burying your head in the sand. You have a measurable effect on the world around you. If you do something, you are responsible for the effect it has on the world around you. You don't get to just dump toxic waste into the environment and claim it's an externality so it's not your problem. Your political effect on the world is just as real as any other effect you have on the environment, you are responsible.