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Does open-source always have to be political?

Does open-source always have to be political?

Posted Mar 8, 2026 11:36 UTC (Sun) by ballombe (subscriber, #9523)
In reply to: Does open-source always have to be political? by marcH
Parent article: Free software needs free tools

Using GitHub means requiring project participants to agree with GitHub TOS.
This is not different from a contributor agreement, except this is implicit.

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Does open-source always have to be political?

Posted Mar 8, 2026 14:06 UTC (Sun) by marcH (subscriber, #57642) [Link]

I just had to look at GitHub's terms of service and I didn't find anything odd. But IANAL.

You have a point though: "less political" open-source contributors will pay much more attention to specific points like "Did you see GH TOS 3.14, what do you think of it?" as opposed to "Proprietary! Closed-source! Bad!"

Now you just need to elaborate.


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