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What is free and open source movement and what are its hazards

  • Richard Allen
  • Aug 4, 2018
  • 2 min read

It is also a where computer programmers/workers produce value and are not paid for their labor.

All in the insignificant hope of getting notice by some capitalist.

This a part of the larger problem on the millions of underpaid and even unpaid intern labor.

Something that, for example, Amy Goodman has benefited while building her "Democracy Now" global network as well as her $10 million dollar fortune and over $500 thousand yearly income, not including benefits.

I wonder how many of our other heroes has done some overseeing on the wage slave plantation.

It is bad enough that these petty bourgeois mislead us but to profit off our misguided adulation is outrageous.

Some people feel that cults of personality are confined to state organizations. However they are all over the place these days.

I wonder how many programmers have sacrificed hundreds of hours of their precious lives for billionaire boy geniuses like Zuckerberg or Musk?

After the Revolution, "free and open source movement " is a great idea.

If we had progressive institutions within to store and protect these gems of Human genius it would also be great. Institutions peopled and controlled directly by the Working class. Hacking and hackers are a vital part of the Revolution. These institutions can be helpful to the protect the hacker community.

But we must make sure that these hackers in turn remain loyal and not turn in the Chelsea Mannings of the World.

Manning's betrayer Adrian Lamo died recently at the very youthful age of 37 March 14, 2018, in Wichita, Kansas. Cause of death, in spite of an official autopsy remains undetermined to this date.

Cow hacking Wichita is not famous for its computer hacking or any kind technical community. It is an excellent politically reactionary place to covered up one's agent provocateur trails of the Capitalist secret police.

Hackers Aaron Swartz's "suicide" and Barnaby Jack accidental "overdose" also point the need to protect this community.

Barnaby Jack's sin was pointing out the way pacemaker could be hack into being a murder weapon.

There is much more going on in the software world then must people realize. We can't just innocently code.

In fact all of technological and scientific activities should be put on hold until we can control them from capitalist institutions that are currently abusing them. Practically everything can be weaponized.

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