Re:Tornado Cash and collateral damage
by rvz on Thursday August 18, 2022 @11:47PM
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> The goal is to keep software free of the bonds of scarcity inherent in physical goods. Because digital goods are virtually free to copy, they can only be limited by typical systems of ownership when artificially forced to. Software spread openly is better able to help everyone rather than just a few capitalists. Private industry has fought against this in its drive to grind profit out of everything it can.
No it isn't. You are describing the 'Open Source' movement which is the scam that the tech bros ran with to popularise and to get around the issues in the free software movement; which the latter has been a total and abject failure.
As soon as their own tools have been used by scammers, criminals, etc have always turned out to be for the ideals that they have fighting against; which is against the development of opaque, non-free surveillance software used against the general public created by governments, big tech, and the like. Both the free software and open source movement have hand in hand made no difference in stopping the surveillance and spyware that is proliferating today.
> The people driving the spread of crypto are zealous advocates of a system inherently opposed to FOSS ideals. Like many before them, they will push software freedom to the extent that it helps them and then relentlessly pursue its enclosure when it doesn't.
Yes. This is exactly the reason why 'free software' is a total failure and did nothing to stop the rise of cryptocurrencies which will advance more surveillance.
No it isn't. You are describing the 'Open Source' movement which is the scam that the tech bros ran with to popularise and to get around the issues in the free software movement; which the latter has been a total and abject failure.
As soon as their own tools have been used by scammers, criminals, etc have always turned out to be for the ideals that they have fighting against; which is against the development of opaque, non-free surveillance software used against the general public created by governments, big tech, and the like. Both the free software and open source movement have hand in hand made no difference in stopping the surveillance and spyware that is proliferating today.
> The people driving the spread of crypto are zealous advocates of a system inherently opposed to FOSS ideals. Like many before them, they will push software freedom to the extent that it helps them and then relentlessly pursue its enclosure when it doesn't.
Yes. This is exactly the reason why 'free software' is a total failure and did nothing to stop the rise of cryptocurrencies which will advance more surveillance.