Post #1966349
2026-05-03 14:32 UTC
Code of conduct had a good motivation. LLM policies also have a good motivation.
But my experience is that there an underlying model of thinking about open source software and "governance" that assumes it is non-optional to carry the Culture War with us wherever we go.
I don't believe that model is correct.
I'm not saying I won't use CoCs or consider LLM-usage policies in my projects. I am saying that I want to reconsider the overall "deal" and question assumptions about what the need for "governance" of software projects.
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@jonmsterling@mathstodon.xyz 2026-05-03 14:36
I also want to be serious about something: we are literally losing the ability to control our own computers, and instead of building up capacity for technological resistance, we are fighting over which projects are "fascist". I'm not so naïve as to think that you can separate politics from software. But yeah, as soon as Ladybird is working, I'll use it. And if you don't like the person running it (the guy probably wants me dead, for one), we can fork it.