Maybe this is getting too philosophical (was: Debian adds LoongArch support)

Posted Aug 17, 2023 14:51 UTC (Thu) by pizza (subscriber, #46)
In reply to: Maybe this is getting too philosophical (was: Debian adds LoongArch support) by dskoll
Parent article: Debian adds LoongArch support

> But again: If one of those nasty organizations had contacted me and asked me to help port my software to their platform, I'd have refused.

Going back to my example, that "nasty organization" funded a non-trivial portion of the Free Software wifi driver effort that everyone else was able to use for non-nasty purposes. Similarly, the internet itself, satellite-based navigation systems, and much more owe their existence to "nasty organizations".

> Some thing are not in my control, and others are. Collaborating (or not) with Loongson is definitely something within developers' control.

Longsoon is only a "nasty organization" by indirect association. The same can probably be said for everyone on this forum.