![]() Individualism, or this idea of an individual that is defined as to exist independent of the ‘outside world’, is nothing but an absolute lie, yet another abstract idea) is still going on. You can twist these quotes anyway you like, but in my humble understanding, individuals like Mark Shuttleworth and Richard Stallman and their contributions in general simply shows us that the battle that started off in Eastern Europe around in the end of the 15th century between the Catholic church & the ‘internationalists’ (=individualists - individualism was introduced only to break the power of established cultures, not only in Europe, but all around the world as a whole. We need the good will, the willingness to help other people, at least when it’s not too hard, because that’s the basis of society… people are making a profit from making free software, but for another the freedom to have a community is more important…” You bring some software to school, ‘Oh no! don’t share it! Sharing means you’re a pirate! Sharing means you’ll be putting in jail!’. But now the administration says teachers should be teaching kids to say yes to licensing. They said ‘if you bring some candy, you can’t eat all yourself, you’ve got to share it with the other kids’. ![]() “…When I was a kid and when I went to school the teachers were trying to teach us to share. This is from the movie ‘Revolution OS’ (this is a documentary about GNU and the ‘Linux’ operating system): As a ‘proof’ of my judgment, let me quote a few words of Rirchard Stallman. As I’ve said, their motto is that the community (=’them’, those that make the decisions, not necessarily you or me the average end-users) comes first, the individual second. In different words, Mark is simply saying that there’s nothing to be afraid of giving way to a little bit of competition (encouraging the idea of giving way to individual greed = individualism) within GNU & should it looks like things are about to get out of control, then ambition (individual greed) can always be made to counteract ambition - the balancing act. But this is not how the hardcore GNOME developers operate. This quote is an important one, because it basically outlines Mark’s ambition & his belief system in general. In any case, this is what I believe Mark meant when he said that he couldn’t help but admire the writing of James Madison, especially when he said ‘… Ambition must be made to counteract ambition…’ (source: Mark Shuttleworth - On balancing economic power in the FLOSS ecosystem). This doesn’t mean those people have to be Catholics or religiously related in such contexts, I’m simply pointing out to the fact that the way they think has been largely influenced by the cultural aspects of Catholicism. That’s as far as I’m willing to go), a key ideological belief most hardcore GNU developers (especially those with the GNOME ‘mentality’) & philosophers such as Richard Stallman, posses. ![]() They’ve gained world power simply through their ability to create ideas that are abstract. Clueless people, even historians, usually refer to this era a period of ‘renaissance’, but it was nothing but an era of power transfer, from the Catholic church into those who’re still very much in control of the world as a whole, as of today, and the type of damage they’ve caused is immeasurable. In other words, in my opinion, through its (Ubuntu) influence over Upstart, Mir, Snappy etc, Mark was bringing in into the GNU community the idea of the importance of the individual, rather than the idea of the importance of the community over the individual (this is an idea that has been implanted by the Catholic way of thinking since the days of Christ, which has been under heavy attack ever since the late 15th century. It is just that ideas along isn’t always enough to change a community, especially if one desire to make a fundamental shift, which is what Mark (Shuttleworth) always wanted, whether he wants to admit it or not, and in such a context, one also requires a wide acceptance of the structure that lies beneath those ideas. To their credit, over the years, Ubuntu developers have come up with fresh ideas that’re worthwhile (Upstart, Mir, Snappy etc). ![]()
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