[FRIAM] Globalism in the age of populism? .. & Open Source Software

[Marcus Daniels]

Owen,

I think you are conflating projects that are feasible for college students or retired individuals with projects that are feasible for professionals.  In industry, some kinds of work products (and yes, software) are export-controlled and, whether or you sell them or not, you can be in big trouble if you share them with individuals in other countries.  In government, you can’t just work non-governmental people unless there are CRADAs in place, and working with other governments is even more touchy.   The academic community is distributed across the globe, and there arguably less redundancy in expertise.   Anyone that can be fired is especially vulnerable to government policy.   Or even Elon Musk:  He’ll certainly need support from the government for a Mars colonization effort.   Why else would he tolerate Trump for a second?

Marcus

From: Friam [mailto:friam-bounces at redfish.com] On Behalf Of Owen Densmore
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2017 8:33 PM
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Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Globalism in the age of populism? .. & Open Source Software

Does anyone have an opinion on the OP:
  Globalism in the age of populism? .. & Open Source Software

.. which really is about that it's too late for populism, nationalism, isolationism to overcome what is already around us? We are far more global than we think we are.

​How many of us are bilingual at least? Look at your "digital day" and ask yourself just how, in so many ways, you've gone past ever going back.

My original example surprised me when I discovered just how many global, non-US dominant open source software movements I'm involved in. My interest was in how many similar cases of globalism occur outside of my domain.

So even though there are 10 (OP) huge forces against globalism, they simply cannot overcome where we are, we're past the tipping point. Certainly in software.

And you?

   -- Owen​

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