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When you program open source, you're programming Communism..

Post by LinuxMint-4 » Fri Apr 10, 2009 11:54 am

I found this gem at the Ubuntu Forums.....this is a classic
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Post by MattKingUSA » Fri Apr 10, 2009 12:07 pm

Yeah! :D

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Re: When you program open source, you're programming Communism..

Post by Claudio » Fri Apr 10, 2009 1:11 pm

LOL! Nevermind that the coder is coding on an old G3 iMac (note the handle at the top). :lol:
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Re: When you program open source, you're programming Communism..

Post by Tsuroerusu » Fri Apr 10, 2009 1:47 pm

Viva La Revolución!
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Post by greggh » Fri Apr 10, 2009 2:02 pm

Open Source isn't Communism. Open Source is just Socialism.

Free Software is Communism!

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Post by eddie » Fri Apr 10, 2009 4:48 pm

Yes, but you will not be able to wear these new logos for your box...

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Post by Claudio » Fri Apr 10, 2009 4:53 pm

eddie wrote:Yes, but you will not be able to wear these new logos for your box...

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Post by Tsuroerusu » Fri Apr 10, 2009 6:36 pm

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?
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Post by greggh » Sat Apr 11, 2009 3:43 am

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.

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Post by Tsuroerusu » Sat Apr 11, 2009 5:56 am

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.
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