commit: 1c5e978c6c27fe533b576144f552cb03804037e2
parent ff8cd3e3778f9b1c2389cd1c8590095b0f823fb8
Author: Drew DeVault <sir@cmpwn.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 11:07:49 +0200
Correct typo in "free software, free infrastructure"
Thanks e-dt
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1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/content/blog/free-software-free-infrastructure.md b/content/blog/free-software-free-infrastructure.md
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ When your FOSS project chooses to use a non-free platform, you give it an
official vote of confidence on behalf of your project. In other words, you lend
some of your project's credibility and legitimacy to the platforms you choose.
These platforms are defined by network effects, and your choice is an investment
-in that network. I would question this investment in and of itself, the wisdom
-of offering these platforms your confidence and legitimacy, but there's a more
-concerning consequence of this choice as well: an investment in a non-free
+in that network. I would question this investment in and of itself, and the
+wisdom of offering these platforms your confidence and legitimacy, but there's a
+more concerning consequence of this choice as well: an investment in a non-free
platform is also a *divestment* from the free alternatives.
Again, network effects are the main driver of success in these platforms. Large
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ collaboration with them. If this example isn't to your tastes, there are many
examples for each of many platforms. For projects that don't want to move, these
are usually swept under the rug.[^1]
-[^1]: A particularly egregious example is the [Ethical Source](https://ethicalsource.dev/) movement. I disagree with them on many grounds, but prescient to this article is the fact that they publish (non-free) software licenses which advocate for anti-capitalist sentiments like worker rights and ethical judgements such as non-violence, doing so on... GitHub and Twitter, private for-profit platforms with a myriad of published ethical violations.
+[^1]: A particularly egregious example is the [Ethical Source](https://ethicalsource.dev/) movement. I disagree with them on many grounds, but pertinent to this article is the fact that they publish (non-free) software licenses which advocate for anti-capitalist sentiments like worker rights and ethical judgements such as non-violence, doing so on... GitHub and Twitter, private for-profit platforms with a myriad of published ethical violations.
But, to be clear, I am not asking you to use inferior platforms for
philosophical or altruistic reasons. These are only one of many factors which
