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by benjaminjosephw 2212 days ago
The author is complaining about the twitter accounts of open source contributors. Should they withhold their views on justice because it offends some of their followers?

Yes, weakening free licenses with constraints aligned to individual causes is problematic but that doesn't mean we should ignore all other issues of justice outside of those related to ownership and control. If anything, we need more conversations about the increasing inequalities and injustices caused by technology and the role we play within that. How can we do that without having "political" discussions in public? Why shouldn't entire open source communities have these discussions collectively?