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Re:Google will develop Android OS behind closed doors starti... by soraminazuki on Wednesday March 26, 2025 @11:48PM (#43490229)
Agreed, but I doubt governments would be good stewards of open source either. They engage in illegal mass surveillance, cyber warfare, and is constantly trying to undermine encryption.
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Re:Google will develop Android OS behind closed doors starti... by cyanydeez on Thursday March 27, 2025 @12:30AM (#43490400)
in the abstract, governments are indistinguishable from any other collective of people.

So yeah, if open source orgs can keep going, there's no reason to think government can't do the same. It's about public goods.

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Re:Google will develop Android OS behind closed doors starti... by tharne on Thursday March 27, 2025 @01:06PM (#43495620)
> in the abstract, governments are indistinguishable from any other collective of people.

Sure, but in reality they have a legal monopoly on the use of violence, which is a very big deal and makes them qualitatively different from any other collective of people.

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