melissasageMay 2, 2017

So @gaditb and I were chatting on tumblr, and discussing about how it's odd that there isn't more of a general Left presence on F/OSS. There's a general lack of Leftist theorizing about the growth of technology in general and F/OSS in particular, despite the fact that it's a Marxist dream come true.

I think I have a good reason why tho-

Show threadNicolai von NeudeckMay 3, 2017
@melissasage @melissasage is it? it's mostly a way to organise the division of labour in software. and don't get me wrong, that is a progressive thing compared to closed source software. but maybe it is more similar to the doppelt freie software worker. free to run as many servers as they want but on the same hand free of means to run more than a dozen and invest in UX.
closed software is then more like feudalism, free software the republic.
Show threadNicolai von NeudeckMay 3, 2017
@melissasage and there has been theory about this for decades. at least in German and I guess in English too. I'll ask around a bit in some of the Werttheorie circles.
Show threadNicolai von NeudeckMay 3, 2017
@melissasage does anything specific come to your minds @benni @andrej ?
Show threadbenni
@melissasage @andrej @nicolai keimform.de is a Blog about this stuff. mostly in german gut there are many english stuff, too.
May 3, 2017 at 6:56amWeb