• abessman@lemmy.world
    1·
    9 months ago

    I will say directly that this model of governance is incompatible with the tenets of free software.

    Which of the four freedoms does it fall short of?

    • orrk@lemmy.world
      1·
      9 months ago

      2, and by extension 3 and 4

      Hell depending on what this capital class votes for even 1 might be out the window.

        • orrk@lemmy.world
          1·
          9 months ago

          because having some capital class dictate the project is entirely antithetical to having the choice to contribute, even the AI stuff is just being contributed by a few large companies who want it

          • abessman@lemmy.world
            1·
            9 months ago

            because having some capital class dictate the project is entirely antithetical to having the choice to contribute

            Why?

            the AI stuff is just being contributed by a few large companies who want it

            Contributing something because you want it is how free software works.

            • orrk@lemmy.world
              1·
              9 months ago

              yes, and having a subscription based shareholder system is antithetical to this

              • abessman@lemmy.world
                1·
                9 months ago

                Repeating it doesn’t make it true. As long as the code is released under a FOSS license, the development model doesn’t matter.