cross-posted from: https://lemmy.wtf/post/20659375
Colleagues. I don't feel like having to publish 20 disclaimers here to clarify exactly what I mean. People who want to understand my message will understand them. You should not look for too many "double-bottoms" or "hidden messages" in them. Do you have a problem with the "superficiality" of my post.... so be it.
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This is a good point. I think it's likely also that most of the OSS contributors would be anti trump anyhow. Even if not we shouldn't be afraid of accidentally supporting something that tangentially spiritually touches an American. Ironically I think that fear would have to be labeled bigoted if we're being honest.
There are worlds of a difference between a project like chromium or Android, which is basically dependent on Google, or random little open source projects run by some fellow nerds. The latter kind of open source is always perfectly fine IMHO, unless the people are confirmed assholes. And there is a wide middle ground containing a lot of the open source ecosystem.
I think there is a valid point in avoiding heavily corporate dominated open source, but this is just a few big problematic fish in a huge ocean.