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The Ethics of Free Software: Freedom, Misuse, and the Path Forward

The debate over the ethics of free and open source software (FOSS) is as old as the movement itself. At its core, FOSS is built on the principles of transparency, collaboration, and user autonomy, val...

Nov 19, 2025

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From Bricks to Code

In my youth, Lego was more than just a toy, it was a gateway to endless imagination and an earlylesson in collaboration and reuse. Every birthday or holiday, my brother and I would eagerlyunwrap new L...

Nov 10, 2025

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Sovereignty Washing

The Rise of Sovereignty Washing In 2024 and 2025, the term "sovereignty washing" gained traction as critics exposed how major tech companies—Microsoft, Amazon, and Google—promote "sovereign cloud" sol...

Oct 23, 2025

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The day all communication stopped

The Communication Network for When the World Goes Dark Imagine waking up to a world where a catastrophic event has rendered all modern communication networks useless. Your phone is dead, the internet ...

Oct 21, 2025

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A Global Reply: Building Better Alternatives to Big Tech—From Europe to India and Southeast Asia

Introduction: Why This Matters Bert Hubert’s manifest is a crucial wake-up call for the European open-source community. His points—user experience, service-first delivery, privacy, and avoiding “Ameri...

Oct 6, 2025

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Breaking the Algorithmic Echo Chamber

It was a Tuesday afternoon when Sarah, a software developer in Amsterdam, scrolled through her social media feed and realized something unsettling. Every post, every article, every video seemed to mir...

Oct 6, 2025

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The New Chains: How America’s Digital Empire Replaced Old Colonialism, and How the World is Fighting Back

Prologue: The Liberators Who Never Left The year was 1945. The war was over. Europe lay in ruins, its cities bombed to skeletal remains, its people starving. From the west came the Americans, not as c...

Oct 2, 2025

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A Comprehensive Analysis of Current Geopolitical and Big Tech Developments in Light of Dystopian Science Fiction: Risks and Mitigation through Open Source Software and Hardware

A Comprehensive Analysis of Current Geopolitical and Big Tech Developments in Light of Dystopian Science Fiction: Risks and Mitigation through Open-Source Software and Hardware Current geopolitical tr...

Sep 24, 2025

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AI drops Productivity of Experienced programmers

The Impact of Early-2025 AI Tools on Open-Source Developer Productivity Introduction A recent randomized controlled trial (RCT) conducted by METR provides insightful data on how early-2025 AI tools af...

Sep 13, 2025

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The history of Open Source

Introduction The open source movement has fundamentally transformed the software industry by promoting collaboration, transparency, and freedom in software development. From its early roots in academi...

Sep 9, 2025

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Open Source Beyond the License: Sustainability, Sovereignty, and the Ethics of Contribution and why China is right

Introduction The open source movement has revolutionized software development, democratizing access to technology and fostering innovation through collaboration. Yet, as the ecosystem matures, a criti...

Sep 2, 2025

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Echoes of Resistance

Introduction Technological revolutions have always provoked a mix of wonder and fear. The Industrial Revolution of the 18th and 19th centuries and today’s AI Revolution both represent seismic shifts i...

Sep 1, 2025

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