[squeak-dev] Don Goodman-Wilson’s moral critique of Open Source

Herbert König herbertkoenig at gmx.net
Thu Oct 17 13:16:59 UTC 2019


Hi Eliot,


I think it's not the first time to point us to that kind of resource.
Highly on topic IMHO. Will read it because we (Squeak Dev) are affected.


Thanks,


Herbert


Am 17.10.2019 um 13:13 schrieb Eliot Miranda:
>
> Don Goodman-Wilson’s moral critique of Open Source; essential reading.
>
>
> “What if we look at Open Source values through the lens of moral
> philosophy, by applying Scanlon’s contractualist theory of morality?
> When we do that, I think it becomes pretty clear that we ought to
> discard openness as an axiom, and start thinking about other ways to
> build software collaboratively that do not make us accessory to
> horrors. We can create open communities, better communities, more
> inclusive communities, without Open Source.
>
>
> The Open Source movement has always been focused on code. The result
> is a system that sadly neglects people."
>
> ...
>
> “Here are some candidate principles to guide an ethical conception of
> collaborative development.”
>
> https://don.goodman-wilson.com/posts/open-source-is-broken/
>
> _,,,^..^,,,_ (phone)
>
>
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