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Cooperative ownership as the next step of free open source software (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by to c/workreform@lemmy.world
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Link to original post: https://mastodon.social/@blogdiva/111932214690841585

Link to news link shown in the photo: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/mozilla-lays-off-60-people-wants-to-build-ai-into-firefox/

Cooperative ownership for all businesses too!

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[–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I will say directly that this model of governance is incompatible with the tenets of free software.

Which of the four freedoms does it fall short of?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    2, and by extension 3 and 4

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

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    How?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    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

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    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.

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