RE: floss.social/@thepeoplestech/1…
Red Hat? Complicit in genocide, you say?
Red Hat as in the Red Hat owned by IBM that was complicit in the Holocaust?
The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
#RedHat #openSource #Linux #IBM #Holocaust #israel #genocide #ethnicCleansing #apartheid #settlerColonialism
The People's Tech (@thepeoplestech@floss.social)
“While Red Hat’s release of open source software has been a positive force in the tech industry, the company has been directly involved in supporting, enhancing and profiting from the Israeli military apparatus, an apparatus charged with committing w…FLOSS.social
This entry was edited (2 weeks ago)
Aral Balkan
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •I usually explain the difference between open source and free software as “open as in open for business versus free as in freedom” but maybe I should start using “open as in open to profiting from genocide” instead.
#RedHat #openSource #Linux #IBM #Holocaust #israel #genocide #ethnicCleansing #apartheid #settlerColonialism
mahmoud 🇵🇸
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •I understand that some see linking companies to historical policies as a way to boycott or express a stance, but here in Gaza, I'm living a reality that can't wait.
While we're discussing the history of these companies, a real genocide is happening right now, and I've just come out of surgery. I need my medication and my glasses to see my way through this devastation. My battle isn't with the names of the companies; it's with survival under this bombardment.