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InvisibleDawks
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Re: I HATE BEING DUMB!!!! (linux) [Re: koraks]
    #18967323 - 10/12/13 06:40 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

>Yeah, that'll work great. Because if everyone takes his own direction, you really reap the benefits of pulling together like mankind has done since the building of fucking stonehenge

Free software has nothing at all to do with how a devopment team chooses to tackle the software development methodology. Whether they chose to use waterfall, spiral, incremental, prototyping, rad, scum or XP and how they distribute/co-ordinate these tasks has nothing, what-so-ever to do with freedom.

What makes you think free software and "centralized control" (I think you're referring to one of the aforementioned methodologies) are mutually exclusive. Individuals, small teams and corporations can all produce software that respects the end users' basic freedoms.

>Know why Linux (your beloved open source) sort of works at all? Because of EVIL centralized control over kernel development

:nocomment:

I suggest that you read the The Cathedral and the Bazaar by Eric S. Raymond which contrasts two different development models of free software, if you're interested in this kind of thing.

>Forking is nice for the GUI tweaks but it just opens up a whole new world of inefficiencies, quality and security issues at the same time.

Forking, or the ability to create derived works is an essential rule for free software. However, how a development teams chooses to develop said derived work is their business. If you don't like the project nobody is compelling you to use it.

Ubuntu is a Debian fork, for instance.

>Actual evidence that uTorrent is more likely to get you landed in court due to distributing copyrighted material? None whatsoever. Tough titties, huh?

If you're going to break the laws of the land and put yourself at risk by illegally distributing copyright material that's your issue. It has nothing to do with whether or not the software respects your freedoms as a software user.

However Raymond proposes that "given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow." Following this logic one may conclude that law enforcement would be more likely to exploit a hard to find bug in nonfree software possibly leading to your identification and capture in all illegal matters. (for instance the FBI has been known to use a web browser javascript exploit to fingerprint specific users, leading to the shutdown of a hosting provider)

>Now do regurgitating your superficial freedom dogma. It'll work like a treat as long as you prevent thinking about the real dynamics of software development and dissemination.

You're right, I've totally not been giving this enough thought :rolleyes:

A valiant attempt Mr. koraks but I'm afraid nothing can excuse your blatant disregard of your own freedoms.


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Invisiblekoraks
Registered: 06/02/03
Posts: 26,691
Re: I HATE BEING DUMB!!!! (linux) [Re: Dawks]
    #18967440 - 10/12/13 07:42 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

You only go into the project-level aspects of software development. I really think you're missing the point when it comes to the industrial evolution aspects on a higher level. I'm short on time right now, but think about it in broader terms for a bit. Thanks for the suggestion on the book btw.


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