Insanely Awe-dical

I'm never one to be very political. Just like a Laker fan who only pays attention during the playoffs, I only check politics (and sparingly at that) when an election/voting comes along. I guess I would be characterized as relatively liberal, but then again, I'm still in this frame of life where it makes the most sense. Seems like people become republicans as they get older because it seems to fit their point in life more. I'm not slamming anyone, just observing.

The point being is that I am not one to get very interested in politics, or take sides in terms of "fighting the good fight for social justice" or "this is what got us here, so let us support it and keep it strong" kind of sides.

But the kind of politics I am slowly becoming a lot more interested in is computer politics. I'm talking about open source. The picture up there is Linus Torvalds, spearhead of the whole Linux idea, and, for those of you who know Linux, is a big supporter of Open Source. Heck, he works for a group called Open Source Development Lab.

I've been talking with Dave about his whole belief on how information should be free. Libraries have vast amounts of knowledge, and the only fines you pay are late fees. So no regular standard charges are incurred, and information can be sought (for those who desire it) for free. Open source supports this idea of free information.

Open source allows everyone to help and contribute. It isn't profit-driven, but development-driven. It has a lot of good ideas. Of course the whole idea of intellectual property is an issue to many, which creates the opposite belief.

This is one kind of politics that more and more, I am becoming interested in.