Re:John Carmack: Be an Open Source Absolutist
by drewcoo on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @01:05AM
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>> a great many of the software tools used by the most powerful companies in the world are the exact same ones available to hospitals, students, and everyone else. For free. And not just to use, but to inspect, modify, extend, and redistribute.
That does not say that open source is great because it copies closed source.
Nor does the term "absolutism."
Carmack is pushing for open source, just like the title would imply.
Re:John Carmack: Be an Open Source Absolutist
by kazinator on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @03:01AM
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> He's not saying everything should be open source.
He'd have to move to a Mastodon instance for that not to look stupid.
Re:John Carmack: Be an Open Source Absolutist
by zeofig on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @07:02AM
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why?
Re:John Carmack: Be an Open Source Absolutist
by sashimimono on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @06:53AM
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The beautiful idea of having "free/libre/opensource software" is worth nothing, if there is no code available at all.
He's not saying everything should be open source.
He's saying that the right to have an open source version of anything is what we should be absolutists about.
So not that every OS, or encryption, or AI model should be open - but that people should fight and stand up for the right to have access to open OSes, encryption, or AI models if produced.
Windows can exist, but shouldn't be able to prevent Linux from existing basically.
That's the absolutism. He hasn't suddenly turned into Stallman.