THIS morning's longer post, motivated in part by this latest article of Daniel Pocock, talked about rejection of conscientious dissenters in the Free software community -- basically those who oppose corruption or abduction of the community by wealthy corporations that are apathetic if not hostile towards software freedom.

"If a bunch of monopolies take over the very opposite of them (or something that can be described as their opposition), they will end up dominating everything, including what's perceived to be the voice of their critics."People must accept that this is happening and acknowledge that this is a problem rather than an accomplishment. If a bunch of monopolies take over the very opposite of them (or something that can be described as their opposition), they will end up dominating everything, including what's perceived to be the voice of their critics. We already see this in the Linux Foundation and OSI.

The video above discusses the articles in questions and entertains several points not mentioned in those articles. Don't mistake whistleblowers for enemies or allow the media to spin truth as treason. The matter of fact is that all activism is perpetually besieged and discredited by those whom the activism is against. Activists don't control the media and definitely lack the budget to effectively respond to defamation. ⬆