I can't think of a better illustration of the fundamentally selfish, libertarian foundation of the free software movement than a GNU maintainer loudly affirming that contributions known to be produced by slave labor are welcome without reservation https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2026-11/msg00128.html
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@sinza @alexandra You couldn't ask for a more concise summary of why the movement has utterly failed. Why the entire world is being crushed under the boot of surveillance tech, and its applications in marketing, propaganda, social manipulation, and weapons systems, while one percent of the computing public plays around with their linux distros like toy trains.
@alexandra First they came for the illustrators, and I did not speak up, because that's out of scope of the Four Freedoms.
Then they came for the translators, and I did not speak up, because the Four Freedoms are politically contentious and we need total unity outside of that.
Then they came for the QA and testing volunteers, and I did not speak up, because honestly they always seemed a bit gay to me, and is that stuff really valuable like code is?
Then they came for me, and I had nobody in the 4F Big Tent with me except other people who watch Asmongold streams. Where's the unity, people?
EDIT: well there's a reply that demonstrates what GNU apologists have to offer in spaces of civil conversation. Blocked lmao
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ewwwww maybe it should do that