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When you program open source, you're programming Communism..
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 11:54 am
by LinuxMint-4
I found this gem at the Ubuntu Forums.....this is a classic
Re: When you program open source, you're programming Communism..
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 12:07 pm
by MattKingUSA
Yeah!

Re: When you program open source, you're programming Communism..
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 1:11 pm
by Claudio
LOL! Nevermind that the coder is coding on an old G3 iMac (note the handle at the top).

Re: When you program open source, you're programming Communism..
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 1:47 pm
by Tsuroerusu

- Viva La Revolución!
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Re: When you program open source, you're programming Communism..
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 2:02 pm
by greggh
Open Source isn't Communism. Open Source is just Socialism.
Free Software is Communism!
Re: When you program open source, you're programming Communism..
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 4:48 pm
by eddie
Yes, but you will not be able to wear these new logos for your box...

Re: When you program open source, you're programming Communism..
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 4:53 pm
by Claudio
eddie wrote:Yes, but you will not be able to wear these new logos for your box...


Re: When you program open source, you're programming Communism..
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 6:36 pm
by Tsuroerusu
greggh wrote:Open Source isn't Communism. Open Source is just Socialism.
Free Software is Communism!
Hey greggh, could you elaborate a little further here?
Re: When you program open source, you're programming Communism..
Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 3:43 am
by greggh
Tsuroerusu wrote:greggh wrote:Open Source isn't Communism. Open Source is just Socialism.
Free Software is Communism!
Hey greggh, could you elaborate a little further here?
It was a joke. But behind the joke I meant the following:
Since Stallman says that he does not agree with Open Source because it does not go far enough in actually stressing the importance of freedom... Socialism, while seeking to address income inequality and provide for the poor, does not go far enough in that it does not demand that the workers own the means of production.
Re: When you program open source, you're programming Communism..
Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 5:56 am
by Tsuroerusu
greggh wrote:Since Stallman says that he does not agree with Open Source because it does not go far enough in actually stressing the importance of freedom... Socialism, while seeking to address income inequality and provide for the poor, does not go far enough in that it does not demand that the workers own the means of production.
I agree with you a good deal of the way, however there's a good saying that goes "All communists are socialists, but not all socialists are communists". Communism is essentially a sub-category of socialism, so in this sense socialism can advocate that workers own the means of production, it just depends on "which socialism", if you will, we're talking about.