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Free Software Institutions Lose Ethical Stance, Author Laments

The author reflects on the perceived decline of Free Software institutions that once took strong ethical stances on important issues. They lament the absence of such principled organizations in the current landscape, particularly in relation to artificial intelligence. AI

RANK_REASON Opinion piece from a user on a social media platform discussing the state of Free Software institutions.

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Free Software Institutions Lose Ethical Stance, Author Laments

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    🤔 I'm old enough to remember when we used to have Free Software institutions that took a moral/ethical stance on things that mattered. They are gone. All of the

    🤔 I'm old enough to remember when we used to have Free Software institutions that took a moral/ethical stance on things that mattered. They are gone. All of them. # FreeSoftware # OpenSource # FLOSS # FOSS # SoftwareFreedom # ArtificialIntelligence # AI # noAI