Just gonna leave this here.

  • Synthead@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    You mentioned that politics should not be mentioned with software. Consider Hans Reiser, the author of reiserfs. He murdered his wife and was sent to prison. Would you be okay with running code written by a murderer on your computer? How about a vase made by a murderer in your house? Would you enjoy the voice of a murderer in music?

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      1 year ago

      Well that’s a bit of an extreme example… and I don’t know who that person specifically is, but generally: yes, i would be fine with using a vase or software made by him. Why shouldn’t I be? However I’d uncomfortable with music or film’s acted by him.