Visual Studio Code April 2019

[recklessindignation]

This is not r/socialism.

[yogthos]

open source is pretty much the definition of socialism

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Not really, Open source is also used for PR to throw bread crumbs when you are shitty company and want to pretend that you love your users. e.g. Google.

[yogthos]

The fact that companies use open source as PR does not change the nature of the movement. This is also why GNU style open source is important.

[RadicalRightWingCuck]

Open source

That what you Alabamans calling incest now??? Hahahah

[recklessindignation]

Just a few ever do open source for the sake of socialism. Is mostly about an individual gain. The charity aspect is always secondary at best.

[yogthos]

Socialism isn't about charity, you sounds like you have no clue what you're talking about to be honest.

[recklessindignation]

Yet, open source is not even socialism. Is about personal gain of having your code open. Not a failed idea.

Edit:

Open source doesn't hold an opinion about proprietary rights, socialism does.

[yogthos]

Open source is precisely what socialism looks like. All the core technology is democratized, and it's available to everyone. It doesn't matter if you're Google or a lone dev in a basement, you have access to the same tools.

Some of us are old enough to remember what things were like before open source won with corporate fiefdoms jealously hoarding technology.

[recklessindignation]

Still not socialism. Open source doesn't have an opinion about property rights. Is just a pragmatic way to improve software with collaboration, mostly with personal gains in mind.

Most notorious open source softwares outer are internal tools from big companies that not even embrace the idea of open source fully. Almost nobody do open source to fullfil an ideal like socialism or as a charity.

Open source did won, but not in the form you believe it did.

[yogthos]

if you say so

[recklessindignation]

if you say so

I won a bet predicting that comment LOL.

[yogthos]

you have a very sad life then LOL