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@diegoe in english, unfortunately "free" can mean two very important concept : that is not paid.that has freedom. Let's not forget this one. And, although free software without communist politics is just unpaid labor, it's not a reason to stop doing free software. Because free software (and free work in general), is labour freedom. Free from marketing impairments, free from shareholders interests, free from capitalist intentions. Volunteering is free labour. Self-management, self-government is free labour. Popular education is free labour. Activism is free labour. So what ? Do we need to wait for our governments to create an activist's salary or something before doing any activism ? no. Do we need to wait for communism before doing free software ? No. On the contrary, doing free software is activism. it's making an "already-there" of communism exist. We must convince free work is better than capitalist work before expecting people to find a way to earn an income that is not tied to someone else's will. Because, ultimately, the real problem is not that work is unpaid. The real problem is that the only two ways to make a living are either to sell your labour to a capital owner or to have enough capital to exploit the labour of others. The problem is that you need to find someone wiling to buy your labour to be able to live. The problem is that the right to live (represented by income) is blackmailed into exploitation by capitalists. The problem is that it is not possible to live outside of exploitation. So I would rephrase your take like this : Free software under capitalism is communist activism.