Posts about: Free Software

I find food habits at Free Software events weird

This is a follow-up on: Why I use Free Software, Why I got into Veganism. Since the Free Software movement in it’s core is an ethical movement, which cares about human rights and humans access and ability to study, share and improve on the software they use. I’m well aware that not everyone in the Free Software community is in it for ethical reasons - but I’m pretty sure that there’s enough of us that care about ethics for this to be important.

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Why I got into Veganism

This is a follow-up on: Why I use Free Software. This has been followed up by: I find food habits at Free Software events weird. People who turn to Veganism can do this for different reasons, some do it for health reasons, others for climate reasons. But in it’s core, the Vegan movement in itself is an ethical movement about saving the animals. The other reasons are more or less side effects.

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Why I use Free Software

This has been followed up by: Why I got into Veganism, I find food habits at Free Software events weird. People in general may have different reasons for choosing to use Free Software, some may use it for the price, others because of pragmatic reasons, simply put it’s the best tool for the job. Others may choose it for ethical reasons. I didn’t get into Free Software for any of the said reasons above, I got into Free Software because it seemed different and fun.

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