To be fair to the dude, what he means is likely the fear mongering about ‘the gays’, anti trans shit, 5g conspiracy, and ranting about “cultural marxism” in the schools. That’s definitly more political than the entire “let’s share software freely, with transparency and basic rights attached” thing
FOSS is politics.
Fuck’s sake. What do you people think the word means?
“Fun Operating System Stuff” of course.
To be fair to the dude, what he means is likely the fear mongering about ‘the gays’, anti trans shit, 5g conspiracy, and ranting about “cultural marxism” in the schools. That’s definitly more political than the entire “let’s share software freely, with transparency and basic rights attached” thing
Calling them basic rights is exactly as political as any group forced to defend their own existence. The stakes are lower - but it’s the same game.