<![CDATA[I am starting to think that “Free Software” is not the future.]]>I am starting to think that “Free Software” is not the future. We need software to be reliably funded, and incentivised toward serving the public, with a diverse cast of workers designing and developing it.

Not a privileged class of white boys wealthy enough to work on software in their free time as defacto unpaid internships, with access to use and modify by *anyone* including the military, ICE, and exploitive corporations.

We need Public Software.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/9f151adb-1720-4f7f-8b0a-f104b484f4ed/i-am-starting-to-think-that-free-software-is-not-the-future.RSS for NodeTue, 07 Apr 2026 03:34:09 GMTFri, 13 Mar 2026 00:15:16 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to I am starting to think that “Free Software” is not the future. on Thu, 19 Mar 2026 13:42:25 GMT]]>@bri7 I mean, that's not exactly how free software works though, it's mostly essential services being mantained lovingly and stressfully by a 60 year old in a university somewhere. Free software does tend to be funded, by their own foundations, with endowments and professional services (see redhat products, canonical and mastodon). Having free software funded by states defeats the international potential, lends itself to be more used by opressive forces

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://col.social/users/Mushi/statuses/116256128698117497https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://col.social/users/Mushi/statuses/116256128698117497Thu, 19 Mar 2026 13:42:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I am starting to think that “Free Software” is not the future. on Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:39:11 GMT]]>@pomagarnet what in the heck is wrong with chaos.social,does your entire instance just not understand how to talk to people without being a complete asshole about it?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/bri7/statuses/116221670310269119https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/bri7/statuses/116221670310269119Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:39:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I am starting to think that “Free Software” is not the future. on Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:52:40 GMT]]>@bri7 @agowa338 such vitriol from someone named "bitchface angerfoot" surely has to be satire

hang in there, we're on the same team

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/pomagarnet/statuses/116221487406297447https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/pomagarnet/statuses/116221487406297447Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:52:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I am starting to think that “Free Software” is not the future. on Fri, 13 Mar 2026 03:28:02 GMT]]>@agowa338 see this is you going right back to being an asshole, stop it.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/itsmaya/statuses/116219738988456862https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/itsmaya/statuses/116219738988456862Fri, 13 Mar 2026 03:28:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I am starting to think that “Free Software” is not the future. on Fri, 13 Mar 2026 03:06:23 GMT]]>@agowa338 I'l let you in on the non-asshole way to handle that.
1. you sit and think about it, reversing roles, what if someone else said this to me, etc. 2. You DON'T make it someone else's problem.
3. Just drop it. The extent to which this matters is that you're doubling down on it.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/itsmaya/statuses/116219653895229675https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/itsmaya/statuses/116219653895229675Fri, 13 Mar 2026 03:06:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I am starting to think that “Free Software” is not the future. on Fri, 13 Mar 2026 03:00:40 GMT]]>@agowa338 you are in fact being a jackass right now, you had a ton of times to bow out but nope.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/itsmaya/statuses/116219631378879970https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/itsmaya/statuses/116219631378879970Fri, 13 Mar 2026 03:00:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I am starting to think that “Free Software” is not the future. on Fri, 13 Mar 2026 01:23:45 GMT]]>@agowa338 accept that you’ve reply guy’d a deep misunderstanding of what I am saying immediately or face being blocked for annoying me

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/bri7/statuses/116219250337788156https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/bri7/statuses/116219250337788156Fri, 13 Mar 2026 01:23:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I am starting to think that “Free Software” is not the future. on Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:53:23 GMT]]>@bri7

Nah, we need Free Software and we need living to be free too. What do you mean I've to pay money just to eat and sleep inside?

It's 2026, these things should be solved and universally available by now.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/agowa338/statuses/116219130880447612https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/agowa338/statuses/116219130880447612Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:53:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I am starting to think that “Free Software” is not the future. on Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:28:59 GMT]]>@bri7
Public Service Software?

It's long struck me as kinda silly that essential infrastructure is based on code that was started by someone just for the fun of it and now they have to be an administrator or risk having their own thing taken from them.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/kirtai/statuses/116219034957668647https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/kirtai/statuses/116219034957668647Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:28:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I am starting to think that “Free Software” is not the future. on Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:20:57 GMT]]>@bri7 maybe some sort of public fund from which people could obtain grants? not sure...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://seattle.pink/ap/users/115855847980876292/statuses/116219003338812153https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://seattle.pink/ap/users/115855847980876292/statuses/116219003338812153Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:20:57 GMT