https://whynothugo.nl/tags/ethics/Recent content in Ethics on WhyNotHugoHugo -- gohugo.ioenFri, 22 Dec 2023 13:35:57 +0100https://whynothugo.nl/journal/2022/04/29/open-source-platforms-for-open-source-software/Fri, 29 Apr 2022 19:11:35 +0000https://whynothugo.nl/journal/2022/04/29/open-source-platforms-for-open-source-software/There’s something that’s been low-key bothering me for many months now: the fact that so much open source software is hosted on proprietary platforms and has such a strong dependency on non-open source non-free forges. Now, sometimes we must be pragmatical, and use the closed sourced software when we don’t have a choice. But when it comes to products like GitHub, there’s plenty of choices. And most of them are, feature-wise and UI-wise, superior.https://whynothugo.nl/journal/2022/04/29/fairphone-please-lead-by-example/Fri, 29 Apr 2022 09:29:22 +0000https://whynothugo.nl/journal/2022/04/29/fairphone-please-lead-by-example/The FSFE published an open letter a couple of days ago, asking for legislation to allow users to freely user their own devices, contrary to the status quo, where devices are locked down and controlled fully by the manufacturer rather than the end-user. I whole agree with this stance and applaud this request: if I can’t install the software I want on devices I paid for, do I really even own them?