Open source development, like all software development, is inherently a political act.
Our societies rely on software so much now, that any software incorporates a view of how we should run our lives. Thus, it's as much political as writing a pamphlet.
(Just shouting this into the aether. Not going to debate this. Don't try.)
Lars Wirzenius
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