[Cuis-dev] Politics of Smalltalk

[John Pfersich]

I blew off Pharo because there was a discussion going on revolving about a left-wing “Code of Conduct” and the general intolerance to other views. I hope it doesn’t spread to other Smalltalks.

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> On Jun 13, 2020, at 11:47, Philip Bernhart via Cuis-dev <cuis-dev at lists.cuis.st> wrote:
> 
> Hi folks,
> 
> today I had a quiet annoying "debate" with someone I know
> on the internet. XKCD for reference for the feeling of it:
> https://xkcd.com/386.
> 
> So I always wondered what the political statements and movements
> were in Smalltalk or even Cuis Smalltalk. Squeak, Pharo and Cuis
> did chose the very political MIT License as their License of choice.
> 
> Smalltalk was financed partially from the ARPA, so actually quiet
> political, right? When you consider that you can't escape making
> in some way political relevant decisions, then does that mean
> automatically that the Smalltalk community "thinks" it's good that
> their "open source" code is used within weapon systems. Maybe even
> in the context of Kapital to mess up finance systems or indirectly
> by using within Lam Research for producing circuits which could be
> used in war drones, etc.
> 
> Most of us I would think are spending their time toying around with
> Smalltalk, not considering every aspect of how we indirectly affect
> other people around the globe with our "naive" mind of just liking
> what we are doing.
> 
> 
> So what do you think, should we spend more time on that side?
> Philip
> 
> 
> PS: I got some popcorn here and I'm resting in a comfy chair.
> PPS: The current Yerba Mate infusion also adds to it.
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