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Christine Lemmer-Webber@cwebber@social.coop (2026-10-18 00:31:00)
@bkuhn @copiesofcopies 
I think we should be pushing back on these things. I'm worried and dissappointed that FOSS leadership isn't. I'm really worried we might never recover from the damage that's already been done.
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Ludovic Courtès@civodul@toot.aquilenet.fr (2026-10-18 01:59:26)
@cwebber Is this whole free software endeavor about producing more and faster, or is it about empowering people and fostering collectives?

This is the question those LLMs companies have forced us to answer, thereby breaking the alignment that existed so far between industry & “open source” on one hand, and people focusing and user freedom and autonomy.

@copiesofcopies @bkuhn

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Bradley M. Kühn@bkuhn@fedi.copyleft.org (2026-10-18 10:20:07)
@civodul 

You're not going far enough back in FOSS history here.  Capitalists have been forcing us to answer that question for at least 15, possibly 20 years, and we've been answering it wrong because of the oppressive boot of Big Tech on us.

We must keep doing what we've been doing all that time: trying to undermine capitalism even though we have to live under (almost surely) for the rest of our natural days.

@cwebber @copiesofcopies