[stasomatic]

>In places that are ten or twenty years behind in technology, do you really think >they can produce technology that surpasses Anglophone open source? At that point, >learning English itself becomes a privilege, and that's where the technological >asymmetry comes in. And the thing is, learning English in a developing country is >expensive.

Are you of an opinion that it was done on purpose, weaponizing English? I can't picture how you'd phrase a "for loop" in Arabic, Russian, or Chinese. I mean, it's been done, but didn't stick. I guess assembly would be more Esperantish.

[jdw64]

No, I don't see it that way. If anything, it's well intentioned. People do all of this with good intentions. I don't think open source is evil. It's built on good intentions.

But just because something is well intentioned doesn't mean it has no negative effects on some people. I see it as a side effect.