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Linux Distribution "NixOS" drama: Moderation Team resigns in protest over Interference of Leadership; Elected Leader works for US Military Company, fearing alignment with US fascistic development (beehaw.org)
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Short Summary of the Community Drama of the Linux Distribution "NixOS", so that you can get the big picture and form your own opinion with the provided sources.

Clarification of the "Steering Comittee" as Project Leadership

Moderation Team resigns in Protest

Technical Leadership works for Military Company, causing Fear of Alignment with Facism.

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[–] 47 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

Steering Committee works for Military Company

It's only one SC member, and they switched jobs after being elected last year. I think the Nix community is generally very much against US MIC, and unlikely to actually elect someone working for them. Although it was well-known that tomberek (and johnringer) are US-military-aligned.

After reading a bit more into the modteam situation, I have to say I'm on the mod team's side here.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Yes. This is two distinct things lumped together in one post. I think the arms industry thing isn't too bad, it's only since August and the term ends soon, so people have an opportunity to vote for the right thing in a timely manner.

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  • [–] 43 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I think the arms industry thing is bad actually. Working for the US military in any way is bad already (and has been since the founding), but Anduril is even worse since it has almost explicitly fascist & pro-Trump leadership. I think people associating themselves with Anduril need to be kept far away from any position of power within the community. So yeah tomberek wasn't on my ballot last year and won't be the next.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    It's kind of a conversation classic amongst programmers. Would you work for the arms industry or a direct supplier? I wouldn't unless someone finds a way to force me to. And the vast majority of people voice similar opinions. There's a million valid concerns why it's not ethical. I do however know one or two people who ended up working somewhere in that field. Or who bought stocks of defense companies and ultimately make profit with war.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Unfortunately "direct suppliers of the arms industry" covers like half of the IT industry. I've also avoided such companies but it's surprisingly common.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Yeah, I don't think there is an exact line to draw, maybe sometimes we need to be pragmatic. There's a lot of dual use stuff and I mean they drive cars or use photocopiers, computer systems and eat as well, I guess just try to do your best?! But there's some gradual decent from programming the buttons on the general's microwave to delivering a missile guidance system to them. I'd say somewhere in between you'd switch to the "dark side".

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