I'm going to rant about open source a little, I am so sorry.
So much of open source favors people that ~ have time ~ That usually means:
- They aren't caretakers (i.e. they don't have children or elder family that have care needs) or can rely on a partner to do all of that in their stead.
- They can work long hours outside of their 9-5 jobs which excludes many Disabled people or those that have chronic pain.
- They already have a high paying job, they have health insurance.
- OR you work for a company that values open source for one reason or another (there are some very cynical reasons you can think of there, obviously, the potential for unpaid labor).
But ultimately, at the root, because we live in this hellscape where people can't have healthcare and it's a race to the bottom for wages, it's incredibly exclusionary to Disabled people or any one who considers themselves a caretaker.
@hbuchel Yup as a married parent who values time with my family, OSS isn’t really an option.
Even if it was, the idea that it’s virtuous to turn hobby time into effort that benefits corporations is pretty depressing.
Isn’t it the other way around? Turning my work paid by corporations (SUSE in my case) into an opportunity to contribute to FLOSS?
Heather Buchel
Sam Strong
Matěj Cepl 🇪🇺 🇨🇿 🇺🇦