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The Ideological Gravity of FOSS

A recent article from The Register, “The Price of Software Freedom Is Eternal Politics,” struck a nerve. It didn’t tell us something entirely new, but it articulated what many in the free and open source world have felt for years: that the software itself is only half the story. The rest is people. And wherever people gather, politics follows.

https://www.gizvault.com/archives/ideological-gravity-of-foss

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Re:The Ideological Gravity of FOSS by ricecat on Monday July 14, 2025 @10:07AM (#44560471)
Welcome to the earth.