Oct 22, 2026, 8:30 AMThe fact that we keep re-inventing wheels and that programming is still too hard even in well trodden areas is just an indictment on the whole industry. And we get away with it via dodgy licenses and business practices that would be laughable, or possibly criminal, anywhere else.
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Oct 22, 2026, 8:41 AMAnd that we rely on unpaid volunteers to keep crucial things barely ticking over so that everyone else can make millions or billions on their labour is just insane.
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Oct 23, 2026, 6:29 PM@bjn This is where it gets political.
If you can't trust private companies to make lives and society better within their area. Then, it should be a public funded service.
Medician, water, transport, university research, open source development, etc.
Oct 23, 2026, 9:00 PM@glloyd Open source is a public good that hasn’t properly been appreciated as such.