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Friday February 18, 2005
03:11 PM
They decided I am a communist
They decided I am a communist.
They decided that, because I promote Linux and free software, that this has political consequences.
They decided that free software has a strong left-wing political connotation; hence: if I promote free software, I am promoting other ideas with it, even if I don't mean to.
I promote free software because I think it is made in the interest of people that will use it.
I promote Linux because I like it and it is free.
I put (stupid) modules on CPAN in the hope that they will be useful for at least one human being.
But they decided what I am doing. And they decided I am a communist.
I don't mean to do anything political, for neither left- nor right-wing sides of the board.
But they give meanings to the things I do, meanings that I never gave to them.
I want to be helpful to people, I want to do something useful for people. They decided that this is being communist.
Screw you!
They decided that, because I promote Linux and free software, that this has political consequences.
They decided that free software has a strong left-wing political connotation; hence: if I promote free software, I am promoting other ideas with it, even if I don't mean to.
I promote free software because I think it is made in the interest of people that will use it.
I promote Linux because I like it and it is free.
I put (stupid) modules on CPAN in the hope that they will be useful for at least one human being.
But they decided what I am doing. And they decided I am a communist.
I don't mean to do anything political, for neither left- nor right-wing sides of the board.
But they give meanings to the things I do, meanings that I never gave to them.
I want to be helpful to people, I want to do something useful for people. They decided that this is being communist.
Screw you!
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