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1. ☭⚑ Comrade Angles ⚑☭ (angle@anticapitalist.party)'s status on Sunday, 22-Apr-2018 15:59:13 EDT ☭⚑ Comrade Angles ⚑☭

   Hmm. So, I've heard open source software in general is in a sorry state, right? Or is that exaggerated? Like, I've heard that pretty much everything needs more investment, more work - despite being intensely used by pretty much everyone. Kind've a tragedy of the commons situation. Is that accurate? :/

   1. LWFlouisa (lwflouisa@mastodon.blue)'s status on Sunday, 22-Apr-2018 15:55:47 EDT LWFlouisa

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      @Angle I still build open source software, though I doubt I'm mainstream in that regard.

   2. ☭⚑ Comrade Angles ⚑☭ (angle@anticapitalist.party)'s status on Sunday, 22-Apr-2018 16:04:12 EDT ☭⚑ Comrade Angles ⚑☭

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      If this is true, then it seems like it would be worthwhile to find some way to allocate more effort to such things. I'm not sure quite what that means, yet, but I think it's something worth thinking about.

   3. brennen (brennen@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 22-Apr-2018 17:55:06 EDT brennen

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      @Angle it's a mixed bag. in one sense, there's more open code now than ever before, by a huge margin, and "open source" is foundational to the technical economy.

      in another sense, _libre_ software is in really rough shape. many large open projects with wide adoption are de facto owned & controlled by one or two megacorps. development of major projects has been captured by same. meanwhile critical pieces of infrastructure that generate many billions in revenue scrabble to survive.