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Could public domain software be the key to world freedom?

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by kerravon86

13 hours ago

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For over 30 years, I have been hand-writing a foundational computing infrastructure (kernel, C library, toolchain) to ensure a permanent "backstop" for humanity. I did not do this as a political expert, but as a computer scientist who wanted to have his own version of the software he used to access BBSes for free.

By providing the handwritten "Means of Production" to the public domain, I have removed every technical excuse for those who claim they need a state mechanism to achieve the common good. If the foundations are poured and the gates are open, why is the room empty?

I have produced the "Omelette" without breaking a single egg. I do not recognize the superficial definition of peace, which is merely a "non-combat" state where dictators commit atrocities. I am interested in the Final Erasure of the ideologies that make soldiers and dictators necessary.

The results of this 30-year audit are live at the link below in raw 80-column plaintext.

https://www.liberatorswithoutborders.org/omelette.txt

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