Freedom
Freedom of the software implies so many things. Maybe the will of enrolling freedom of the software is offering a fairer future ...
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Thanks for this. I've been thinking in terms of IOT and our current privacy and licensing structures and i'm not sure if either is adequate enough for what i believe to be the next great wonder of the world. Freedom, right now is measured by backers, fans, and supporter groups and its a big reason for corporations that have considerable power to influence. technology and law are usually biased towards the nuances of the creator however technology and law are global ideas.
Uh, IoT it's an interesting point to take care about. I'm not aware of how is the state of the art in terms of licencing that technology, I'd love if you could extend that. And yes, I agree with the influence-seeking in relevant communities.
Great write-up, I also read your linked article on FOSS and I have similar views with you. I, too, feel very strongly about privacy. It can be frustrating how open source communities are seemingly fine with big corporations being part of open source, especially some corporations that are notorious about how they violate users' privacy and how they collect, manipulate and trade our personal data.
I think freedom of software and open source software is becoming the norm now, compared to 10-15 years ago, and it has long stopped to be a safeguard for better transparency and privacy. I think privacy is a matter on its own, cause it is not anymore guaranteed by open source codebases and FOSS and because many open source contributors are part of the same companies that collect and trade our data. Privacy is a basic human right, but we are okay with our privacy being compromised because the average technology user is not aware of how much data is being collected about them, without informed consent, and how much it is worth and sold.
That's an interesting point, the choice. We strongly depend on those services when there are tons of alternatives, but most of them need other users to make sense (for example social networks)... What would you think about government law getting in between companies and users for fairer data use? (such as GDPR in Europe but... better implemented, honestly). Also, about the point of not trusting corporations, I agree. There isn't an easy path to take in this case, in our current system, though.