[Humour] It All Started With Removal of the Word “Slave”
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2020-06-18 21:35:01 UTC
- Modified: 2020-06-18 21:35:01 UTC
Software is now being split along sensibility or political correctness lines rather than free/nonfree (proprietary)
Summary: Instead of people talking about Software Freedom we now have online arguments about words being racist; 1983-2020: is your code free/libre? 2021 onwards: is your code Conservative?
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