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+drones run linux: the free software movement isn't enough
+2022-09-16
+
+
+                  a printer,  a lab,  and  an actual hobbit
+                           with an insane dream
+                
+richard stallman. rms. if you've spent time in tech, you may know his name. in
+popular tabloid culture, he's painted as a sexist pedo - in 4chan-esque dungeons,
+he's heralded as a savior.
+
+in reality, he's a very flawed human that discovered something most of us never will.
+a single cause to commit the rest of his entire life to.
+
+rms has led the free software movement for 40 years. his asset is his flaw. he is
+stubborn. extremely stubborn. absolutely unwilling to deviate, admit fault, change,
+or back down. a staunch revolutionary on a blazing battleground. the world will see
+free software as a moral right, and he will die fighting, no matter what anyone says.
+
+
+
+                     snakes in the hobbits den
+
+but stallman is an old man now. the world moved on without him. he beats the same
+war drum, but nobody is listening. groups of capital formed, and two libertarians
+started the open source movement[1] as a corporate-friendly free software alternative.
+
+   and they won.
+
+and won. and won. and won and won and fucking won. the accidentally benefits of the
+free software movement: a global community working asynchronously, sharing
+code without pay. these important, critical benefits, which were responsible for
+the absolute dominance of things like gcc, the gnu coreutils, and linux - have
+been hopelessly devoured. all they had to do was strip away the pesky moral movement
+that all of these efficiency gains carried with it - and voila. money.
+
+most people who make open source software have probably never heard of stallman or the
+free software movement.
+
+all that remains is bootcamps, github, obscured javascript, and companies
+trying to save as much money as possible by paying _nobody_ to produce the software
+that they make millions from. and why not? it's free.
+
+i believe that the free software movement is over, and that it has been over for years.
+all that remains are a few men with grey beards, tattered war drums, and a long line
+of allegations.
+
+at the end of the day, the free software movement was colonized. and we tried to save it.
+
+                             and god. we tried.
+
+
+
+            i thought i heard a plane, crashing
+                      but now i think it was your passion snapping
+
+using non-free software is not a personal failing.  we only have so much time,
+and it tick-tick-ticks.
+
+nobody wants to use 10 year old thinkpads that can barely manage a youtube video.
+why should my grandma learn about linux? i bought her an ipad, and she understands it.
+her eyes are going. linux is not accessible. she's happier and more connected to her
+family because of it.
+
+i refused to use discord for years - but instead of furthering freedom, i hurt myself.
+the severence of many meaningful relationships. most of my old friends simply moved on
+without me. if you don't have vocal chords, people forget that you exist.
+
+you might say they probably weren't real friends if they forgot about me so easily.
+but they were real to me. try it yourself, and see what happens.
+
+ultimately, my stubborn resistance made no difference.
+
+most people don't care about the free software movement. the benefits
+are vague, and the consequences are life-changing.
+you lose touch with friends and family.
+it takes a lot more time and energy navigating. banking. finding
+restaurants or activities, looking at things to buy.
+tracking your calendar. doing your taxes.
+living.
+
+eventually, you will realize that it's not worth it. you'll start using
+software that enhances your life, and you'll question whether all of this
+denial was worth it.
+
+i cancelled my FSF membership, after 10 years of faithful support.
+
+
+
+all of that fighting
+all of that denial, resisting temptation.
+war drums, freedom,
+coding, sharing,
+friends, love,
+
+   after all of that,
+
+        after everything,
+
+
+
+                     predator drones
+                 .-.    _,  .-.  ,_    .-.
+                '-._'--'  \_| |_/  '--'_.-'
+                    '-._  \ | | /  _.-'
+                        `-.^| |^.-'
+                           `\=/`
+                             `
+                            run linux
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+              the next era of community computing
+
+it's not just woe and misery forever. in the middle of my dispair, i found
+something really remarkable. neon lights, and shared drinks, dancing, food,
+surprise, cleverness, and love. in the middle of my pain, i found something
+worth fighting for.
+
+i don't know what comes after free software.
+but i think i can see it's skeleton.
+
+a huge, powerful creature is growing - and free software is just one of its
+many organs.
+
+a creature of caring, and community. of playfulness, and kindness, and sharing.
+mutual aid, and respect. of building for one another. a creature that values
+teaching, spirit, and morality. a creature that builds community-scale
+alternatives to big, heavy, complicated, world-burning modern machinery.
+
+a creature that values life, fun, humanity, and togetherness amid a world
+that constantly tries to de-value those things.
+
+a creature resilient to corporate takeover - because it represents everything
+human about computing.
+
+computing at human scale. permanently. re-orienting everything. forever.
+
+
+
+                permacomputing?
+
+this is just a hunch, but -
+i suspect the next era of community computing may be called "permacomputing"
+
+where free software attempts to ammend the existing system,
+permacomputing builds a new one
+
+where free software is pro-license,
+permacomputing is pro-human
+
+free software is absolute,
+permacomputing is flexible
+
+free software is conversion,
+permacomputing is acceptance
+
+free software is a camp,
+permacomputing is a commune
+
+free software is libertarianism,
+permacomputing is community
+
+
+if you have the energy, start a local computing group. one centered around playful
+hacking, kindness, and acceptance. see what happens.
+
+you might find that it gives our hollow earth just a little bit of meaning.
+
+
+
+                credits
+            <3    <3    <3
+ 
+i have been thinking about this for a _long_ time.
+
+this is my love letter to all of the people and projects
+that i believe embody the permacomputing spirit.
+
+here you are.
+
+rekka bellum and devine lu linvega:
+for living, sharing, and believing with absolute ferocity
+for being fearless.
+https://100r.co/site/home.html
+
+forest johnson:
+for seeing the best in everybody. for driving towards
+a better world with such intent and fire. for opening
+up his entire soul. a font of endless spirit.
+https://sequentialread.com/
+
+drew devault:
+for building a company with stern morality. for speaking up.
+for never giving up. for leading.
+https://drewdevault.com/
+
+f0x:
+for listening closely and honestly, for committing so much
+of their life to everyone's safety.
+https://cthu.lu/
+
+joe nelson:
+for taking active interest, for listening, for inspiring, and
+for ideating.
+https://begriffs.com/
+
+herman martinus
+for sharing your life and work with such honesty
+https://herman.bearblog.dev/
+
+gabe kangas
+for passionately building a workable, friendly alternative
+to one of the most hostile projects on the planet
+https://gabekangas.com/
+
+jesse li
+for thinking hard about why software is philisophical. for not
+giving into contempt.
+https://blog.jse.li/
+
+derek sivers:
+for inspiring, and talking to me.
+https://sive.rs/
+
+ckie:
+for being playful and curious, and emailing me when i was in the
+middle of some very hard times.
+https://ckie.dev
+
+reese:
+for diving in head-first and selflessly giving his
+energy.
+https://reese.ovine.xyz/
+
+vvesley:
+for kind listening, caring speech, and a compassionate spirit
+vim budz
+https://www.vvesley.me/
+
+starless:
+for seeing my vision, caring relentlessly, and helping to build
+so much.
+
+and obviously, everyone in cyberia.club and layer zero:
+zico, aimless, carbide, sanine, fack, freekurt,
+queerposting, hemant, christorson, karlexceed,
+nyaoori, techieb0y, jeremyrand, aynish,
+symys, bavier, louisg -
+
+
+you are all revolutionaries.