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@eloquence@social.coop "I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as misogyny, racism and other bigotry is in fact GNU/misogyny, racism and other bigotry - or, as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus misogyny, racism and other bigotry." https://twitter.com/mjg59/status/1376745698692001801

@seachaint@hackers.town @eloquence@social.coop @furkachi@tech.lgbt I think we need a new vocabulary that isn't a sell out to capitalists and also isn't associated with Stallman's pedantry, misogyny, and other problematic behavior.

@furkachi@tech.lgbt @seachaint@hackers.town @eloquence@social.coop Try using the terms "cooperative technology" or "cooperative software" with people unfamiliar with FOSS. IME they'll understand it quickly without needing to explain much if anything. And there's no need to explain what source code is.

@seachaint@hackers.town @eloquence@social.coop @furkachi@tech.lgbt These issues are why I'm now advocating the term "cooperative technology" to move on from both "free software" and "open source". It gets the point across better than either and I think it will be harder for capitalists to coopt. Interestingly, it was discussed at the meeting where the term "open source" was settled on, but "open source" was chosen because it was watered down ideologically and therefore acceptable to capitalists. https://fosstodon.org/@be/105983348184637951

@MadestMadness@meow.social @eloquence@social.coop @seachaint@hackers.town "Open" is open to the interpretation of whatever capitalists want it to mean.

@eloquence@social.coop @seachaint@hackers.town I'm going to push back on the idea that we need some Official New Organization to proclaim The Definition(TM) of a new term. I think the term "cooperative technology" will be more resilient and flexible if we make it catch on relying on the obvious meaning of those two ordinary words put together. Neither "free software" nor "open source" ever communicated the ideas behind them without further explanation. (Arguably "open source" kinda does to programmers.)

@kescher@notbird.site @eloquence@social.coop You've taken it to a GNU level.