License Cannot Beat Politics

Are there limits to the free software movement/ideology? It appears like there are There’s a point that Pirate Praveen keeps repeating in FSCI chat group. It took me some years to understand. And there are several others who have not understood it yet. I quote: my point is, trying to project ethics beyond copyright law into software only confuses people. Ethical movements should not be centered around software, trying to change the world through software licenses is a futile excercise, it only alienates potential allies but don’t actually achieves goals beyond what copyright law provides. Free Software works because it is within copyright laws limits. Community CoC works because communities can enforce its rules within their communities. The moment you want to enforce something beyond your community, you need political power and no software, however named or defined can povide you that. It is a naive/wishful thinking/illusion. ~ Pirate Praveen If you need some explanation, you can…

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