I have no reason to take issue with open source code; then again, I do not work with code on a regular basis to form a thorough opinion on either side of the fence. However, I return to this idea of the "framework". The internet's origin lie in military use, outside of the public domain. It was not intended for the average individual, let alone creator. I don't believe, even after so many decades, that that framework has been wholly dismantled even with the exponential increase in accessibility of the internet and of computers.
I think collaboration among digital creators is a great thing; removing oneself and one's work from certain proprietary settings for the sake of education, gratitude, fun, the desire for better programs, and more (as listed in the article "Motives for Writing Free Software") sounds fantastic to me. However, this open source work still exists in a framework we, collectively, do not have full access to. I remind myself that most people with access to the internet are only exposed to a small percent of the entire entity. Most of what we do not see is in the Dark Web. So although my opinion of open source codes and practices is relatively positive, I cannot ignore those invisible boundaries we do not always consider in these kinds of conversations.
I have no reason to take issue with open source code; then again, I do not work with code on a regular basis to form a thorough opinion on either side of the fence. However, I return to this idea of the "framework". The internet's origin lie in military use, outside of the public domain. It was not intended for the average individual, let alone creator. I don't believe, even after so many decades, that that framework has been wholly dismantled even with the exponential increase in accessibility of the internet and of computers.
I think collaboration among digital creators is a great thing; removing oneself and one's work from certain proprietary settings for the sake of education, gratitude, fun, the desire for better programs, and more (as listed in the article "Motives for Writing Free Software") sounds fantastic to me. However, this open source work still exists in a framework we, collectively, do not have full access to. I remind myself that most people with access to the internet are only exposed to a small percent of the entire entity. Most of what we do not see is in the Dark Web. So although my opinion of open source codes and practices is relatively positive, I cannot ignore those invisible boundaries we do not always consider in these kinds of conversations.