Ah yes the famously anarcho-capitalist open source software
Actually accurate in a certain way: the term "open-source software" is a right-libertarian whitewashing of the leftist concept of Free (or Libre) Software.
The term "open source", as used to describe software, was first proposed by a group of people in the free software movement who were critical of the political agenda and moral philosophy implied in the term "free software" and sought to reframe the discourse to reflect a more commercially minded position
Huh the more you know. Pretty wild they rebranded the software they were sharing (not selling) because they thought it was too socialist.
You can't really release code into the wild without some form of licensing because companies would just steal it and sue you (ahem Microsoft) so you do actually need some form of legal protection through licensing. It just depends on what license you want to use. GPL is one of the best because it forces anyone who uses your code to open source their entire project, while MIT and Apache just protect you from Microsoft suing you after they steal your code.
Windows is built on stolen software. Also Explorer stole components from other browsers to put them out of business. Same thing Google is doing with expanding Chrome and making it impossible for Firefox to keep up with the changes.
Mozilla is largely funded by Google though. But I agree they are using extremely-complicated "standards" as a way to create a monopoly on web technologies.
The Browser Wars wiki page is always a fun read. The only reason Firefox is still alive is because if it went under completely, Google would probably get slapped with and anti-trust. They want a browser that works, but doesn't have all the functionality of their flagship so they invest to keep the project running.
Also the EEE technique that Microsoft uses. It's way easier to pull off with non-GPL licensed codebases because they can literally just fork code and put it in their codebase without having to open it up. Meaning that the FOSS project will always be a few steps behind as long as they can keep adding closed features.
I remember something about Microsoft claiming to own parts of Linux kernel.
Yeah, they'd steal open source code then turn around and sue the creators for copywrite infringement. MIT and Apache exist to keep you safe from Microsoft stealing your work and putting you in jail. Well, mainly the jail part. They can still steal your work.
What the fuck is the prometheus award and how much does it cost to slap that stupid goddamn sticker on your book?
The Prometheus Award is an award for libertarian science fiction novels given annually by the Libertarian Futurist Society. so basically certified propaganda
Which they keep giving to socialists half the time by mistake, which is hilarious.
Can you write something mocking libertarianism that they don't like?
Sometimes, Sometimes they mistake an ancom or mutualist society as an ancap one.
From the description this books seems so transparent with its racism, where only Americans can be capitalists meanwhile Mexicans and Vietnamese serve as their wage slaves- I mean employees
"the Bureau of Sustainable Research is hard at work making sure no new technologies disrupt the planned economy" this already sounds stupid wtf. Gulag whoever decided this deserves any awards.
eidit: lmao anarchocapitalism ...
On the fucking moon. Like, the most cursory of searches could have told him the moon's helium-3 is far more valuable.
Without googling it, picture in your mind what the author of this book looks like.
https://morlockpublishing.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/tjic_snowy_face.jpg
This is objectively the greatest piece of speculative Sci Fi ever written, and it's only three years old.
The best thing the Chapo podcast ever did for me was introduce me to Jon Bois. A true legend.
It's true, though there is some good stuff, not just the standard Banks/MacLeod socialist work. And it's (sort of) fantasy, but I'm going to keep asking people to read Saunder's Commonweal Series until it's a standard theory text.
i did not know egalitarian fantasy was a thing (outside of maybe Le Guin). i just looked into this series i wish i had more time to read. reminds me of a D&D worldbuilding thing i did awhile back.
The last two Nebula awards didn't have even a single cis man among finalists in the best novel category. Of cause you brocialists think contemporary sci-fi is "forced", smh.
