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Well I got mad on the internet and left nasty comments on a post on freepo.st. The combination of this article and the one about the Linux Foundation removing member voting privileges just turned me into a grump today. Capitalism is infuriating, it's even more infuriating that capitalism is not seen as the root of these problems.
http://freepo.st/community/FreeSoftware/post/h196z55v/How%20I%20Stumbled%20Upon%20The%20Internet’s%20Biggest%20Blind%20Spot
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@cmhobbs The Linux Foundation is a microcosm of how proprietarians always try to colonise the commons and then repurpose it.
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Excellent observation. The article I got internet-mad at even highlighted the "tragedy of the commons". Reading The Wealth of the Commons is a refreshing new light on that issue.
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@cmhobbs @bashrc The Twitter account of the Linux Foundation has posted an article which commends a proprietary video editor which happens to be available for GNU/Linux as well. Hence I do not think that software freedom is an issue for the LF. https://twitter.com/linuxfoundation/status/688378428039409664
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@cmhobbs The original tragedy of commons idea is mostly a fallacy. The real tragedy arrives with exploitation by profiteers
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@bashrc @cmhobbs That *is* the tragedy. The antidote is to regulate it to keep it a commons. Copyleft is how we do it in the software world.
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@cmhobbs I think you're being uncharitable toward the original article, maybe because you triggered on some things and didn't finish it.
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@cmhobbs It is about how to get money into "open source", but not necessarily about monetizing it. Her heart seems to be in the right place.
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@cmhobbs guess my problem with land ownership is a few peopel own A LOT of land as some distant relative claimed it centuries ago. But yet
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@cmhobbs others don't have any land/space for a home. Actually this has made me think maybe inheritance should be banned or strictly limited
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@cmhobbs if inheritance were strictly curtailed then it would help fight some of the huge inequalities society has.