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[–] orrk@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (5 children)

2, and by extension 3 and 4

Hell depending on what this capital class votes for even 1 might be out the window.

[–] abessman@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (4 children)
[–] orrk@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (3 children)

because having some capital class dictate the project is entirely antithetical to having the choice to contribute, even the AI stuff is just being contributed by a few large companies who want it

[–] abessman@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

because having some capital class dictate the project is entirely antithetical to having the choice to contribute

Why?

the AI stuff is just being contributed by a few large companies who want it

Contributing something because you want it is how free software works.

[–] orrk@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

yes, and having a subscription based shareholder system is antithetical to this

[–] abessman@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Repeating it doesn’t make it true. As long as the code is released under a FOSS license, the development model doesn’t matter.

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