The easiest way to derail any social movement is to set them up against another social movement. This is a classic case of "I care about cause X" "Yeah but what about cause Y" - a behaviour which is normally called out as pointless trouble-making.
If we're honest about it, the significance of our FOSS contributions to horrific organisations is minimal. If they didn't have that software available they would still have no trouble carrying out their atrocities. My read on the situation is that software developers are a generally well-educated and well-meaning set of people who are frustrated by their inability to help people suffering in meatspace. If your work is software, then that's one of the few levers you have. It's tempting to use it, however ineffectual.
We will be stronger and more united if we demand the four freedoms _and_ human rights, separately and consistently.
Divide and conquer
If we're honest about it, the significance of our FOSS contributions to horrific organisations is minimal. If they didn't have that software available they would still have no trouble carrying out their atrocities. My read on the situation is that software developers are a generally well-educated and well-meaning set of people who are frustrated by their inability to help people suffering in meatspace. If your work is software, then that's one of the few levers you have. It's tempting to use it, however ineffectual.
We will be stronger and more united if we demand the four freedoms _and_ human rights, separately and consistently.