▲ 212 ▼ Cooperative ownership as the next step of free open source software (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Twoafros@lemmy.world to c/workreform@lemmy.world 32 comments fedilink hide all child comments 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!
[–] abessman@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) How? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] orrk@lemmy.world 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 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] abessman@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] orrk@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) yes, and having a subscription based shareholder system is antithetical to this permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] abessman@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] orrk@lemmy.world 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 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] abessman@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] orrk@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) yes, and having a subscription based shareholder system is antithetical to this permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] abessman@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] abessman@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] orrk@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) yes, and having a subscription based shareholder system is antithetical to this permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] abessman@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] orrk@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) yes, and having a subscription based shareholder system is antithetical to this permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] abessman@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] abessman@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent