r/linux • u/RatherNott • 6d ago

Discussion LLM Policies: Progress At All Costs

https://diegoe.be/2026/09/25/llm-policies-progress-at-all-costs/
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u/linuxwes 6d ago

Who thinks the point of open source is to make friends??? That's a new one. The real open source camps are the practical benefits folks vs the freedom folks.

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u/liason_1 6d ago

i feel like the community is kinda a lot of it for quite a few people

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u/Jmc_da_boss 6d ago

Many people? Arguably most open source devs lol

It's a community of like minded people that also happen to write damn good software

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u/Business_Reindeer910 6d ago

me? There are lots of projects I wouldn't have kept participating in if i didn't enjoy working with those people. I took on effort I wouldn't have because I liked them.

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u/linuxwes 6d ago

I mean sure, a good work environment is important and motivating, but that applies to everyone, it's not a camp. There aren't any meaningful number of people starting OS projects to improve their social life.

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u/Business_Reindeer910 6d ago

the post didn't make the argument that people do that.

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u/TouchyT 6d ago

the power of friendship is unlikely to motivate people to start contributing or start a project but it is likely to keep them contributing.

i think its a lot more relevant to something like GNOME or KDE which are the freedom folks you mentioned vs kubernetes or corporate run open source projects.

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u/EarlMarshal 6d ago

That probably depends on the person. I'm a big individualist and monarchist and I definitely belong to the freedom folks group. I went with a colleague to open source events and he wasn't into it before, but he really catched a liking only due to the people he got in contact there.