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Software freedom vs human freedom

What social responsibility do you have as a software developer?
September 30, 2020

What social responsibility do you have as a software developer?

The state of the source

For Edmund Berkeley, the most important question about computer technology was ‘How shall it be used?’ He asked this question before there was even any such thing as software. Today, Berkeley’s question is still relevant.

In fact, this question has garnered a lot of attention in the open source world over the past year. As contributors and maintainers see their work being leveraged to commit human rights abuses at an alarming scale, they’re starting to become aware of the significant impact of the technologies they create on the broader world.

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