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Open Source and Anarchy: A Symbiotic Dance or a Misunderstood Relationship? - Lemmy.world
lemmy.worldGreetings, fellow digizens of the self-hosted world. I’ve spent considerable
time pondering the relationship between Open Source and Anarchy. As a coder and
an enthusiast of decentralized systems, I often see Open Source as a haven of
freedom and self-governance, a space where hierarchy dissolves into a shared
ownership of ideas and creations. This brings to mind the principles of Anarchy,
where power is decentralized and the collective rules. But let’s be honest.
Sometimes, Open Source feels more like a wannabe rock star, a lot of hype with a
record deal that doesn’t quite hit the right notes. It led me to wonder: Is the
parallel I draw between Open Source and Anarchy a fair one, or is it a misplaced
association? If this is too far off-topic, just let me kniw and I shall remove
it!
The largest machines, the largest servers, nearly all supercomputers, are running on linux, or some form of unix to a lesser extent, not MSwin or other crappy non-FOSS mass-produced profit maker for the dumb and innocent “user”.