[Gllug] Handing out flyers this Saturday for the Installfest.

[Richard Cottrill]

> From: gllug-admin at linux.co.uk 
> [mailto:gllug-admin at linux.co.uk]On Behalf
> Of Tethys
> Sent: 14 February 2003 12:48
> Rev Simon Rumble writes:
> 
> >> Politically, Linux, GNU, and Free software in general,
> >> have a distinctly left-wing world view (access/equality 
> for all, communal
> >> reward for individual effort, etc).
> >
> >You're confusing "helping others" with political ideology.  
> There's nothing
> >in libertarian ideology which stops people helping each 
> other.  It's just
> >not built into the systems they build.
> 
> Indeed. Free software certainly isn't left wing. Nor is it right wing.
> I may dislike the strong bias in their supposedly neutral test, but I
> do agree with politicalcompass.org in one area -- politics is poorly
> represented by a simple left/right split. They've chosen to 
> add a second
> axis, which varies from libertarian to authoritarian, which again may
> not be perfect, but is still a big improvement on what we had 
> previously.
> Under that system, free software is definitely libertarian, but not
> particularly leftward or rightward leaning.
> 
> Tet

I think my limited political vocabulary is showing... I still think there's
a leftward tilt as well though - the "communal gain for individual effort"
angle. The "gain" may just be by implication of the freedoms granted, but
I'm not convinced.

So far as ESR goes; I'm in the "ESR is as crazy as he is intelligent; and
he's very intelligent" camp.

Richard


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