On 5/31/17, John Luke Gibson <eaterjo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Neverminding the ridiculous length of that subject line.. > > I just thought an interesting thought. > > First, a little context, (I know how rms feels about blockchains) I > was investigating slock.it and thinking to myself "why don't they just > make a hardware standard like eoma instead of closing their > development and calling it open?" (Like, Pi-Top is [n]ever gonna > release those stl files) > (I realize that's a loaded 'just' cause it sounds easy, but is one of > the most difficult possible) > > Then, it dawned on me: Lulzbot doesn't do that.. Wait, Lulzbot > exclusively uses open software in their development.. Then *bam* like > a boulder (nothing to do with Lulzbot): GPL-violations, improper GUI > training, failing to extend using APIs/Addons, failing to > bugsmash/'track-issues', failing to participate in mailing-lists and > irc, failing to simply fork when development goals conflict, planned > esoteric-ism and/or planned obsolescence, failure to secure clientèle > data by using fully free systems (when relevant), failure to > participate-in and be-aware-of public conversations about the > underlining security of said systems (when relevant), failure to > disclose supplychain information/identities (when relevant), failure > at general transparency. > > All of these things traditionally go wrong with not only companies > that use open source, but companies in-general. > > Then, it truly truly dawned on me, free software needs standards > organizations as well. >
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