alt Hacker NewsHonestly, when was open source not political? Look at early GNU writing. The topics have change but it being political absolutely have not.
Honestly, when was open source not political? Look at early GNU writing. The topics have change but it being political absolutely have not.
Minor nitpick but s/open source/free software
But yes, the free software movement is political, and the FSF is by all intents a political organization with a specific political goal and message.
Politics is multifaceted, it doesn't purely relate to government either. Politics is how humans decide who gets what, when and how. You can't run a community or organization without politics.