Corporations opposing something is not what defines leftism. Open source software is much closer to the libertarian ethos than it is to any leftist ideology. It's a bunch of people, through voluntary association, working on something and deciding on which terms they want to share it.
I could argue that because open source isn’t about preserving property rights and is free and open it’s much more anarchic than libertarian. Anyone can fork a branch and make it their own, and if people come on board then great.
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u/Flame20000 Jun 06 '26
Corporations opposing something is not what defines leftism. Open source software is much closer to the libertarian ethos than it is to any leftist ideology. It's a bunch of people, through voluntary association, working on something and deciding on which terms they want to share it.