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# Open source world liberation
- URL: https://www.chrismessina.me/blog/open-source-world-liberation/
- Published: 2006-02-08T15:11:38.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-25T03:34:27.000Z
- Author: Chris Messina
- Tags: Personal, Social justice, Society & economy

[](http://www.flickr.com/photos/factoryjoe/97313741/?ref=chrismessina.me)Talking to [David](http://david.weekly.org/?ref=chrismessina.me) about his plan for a [coworking space mid-peninsula](http://coworking.pbwiki.com/Hackerdojo%20SFO?ref=chrismessina.me), I realized that my verbiage needs an adjustment... ["open source" and "domination"](http://flickr.com/photos/net2/73566129/in/pool-59904589@N00/?ref=chrismessina.me) don't exactly go together all that well. From hence forth, I think I'll be thinking in terms of liberation -- as in, the *Freedom for All* kind of thing. Oh yes, cheesy world-takeover hyperbole is so fun to talk in!

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### 💬 Comments from the original post

**[Lloyd D Budd](http://foolswisdom.com/~lloyd?ref=chrismessina.me)** · 2006-04-10 09:04:58

Maybe [they do go together](http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2006/04/doc%5Fsearls%5Fbusiness%5Fas%5Fmoralit.html?ref=chrismessina.me) as part of "morality of self-interest".

**[Christopher D. Ritter](http://claimid.com/christopherritter?ref=chrismessina.me)** · 2007-04-29 07:11:17

Sounds like a part of the [Free Culture Movement](http://freeculturefoundation.org/?ref=chrismessina.me).