Software is inherently apolitical. Claiming otherwise would be like saying that a hammer or drill are political, which is absurd. Political views are placed on software depending on the author's beliefs, but it's perfectly valid to release software in the public domain without any restrictions or expectations.

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krapp 6 days ago | parent [-]

>Software is inherently apolitical. Claiming otherwise would be like saying that a hammer or drill are political, which is absurd.

No one sells "apolitical hammers" or "apolitical drills." If one has to specify that software is apolitical, it isn't.

No software exists in a vacuum, even the license terms are a political statement. Certainly nostr was created as an expression of fiatjaf's specific political ideals, and those ideals will tend to attract certain political demographics, and repel others.

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imiric 5 days ago | parent [-]

> If one has to specify that software is apolitical, it isn't.

That conclusion doesn't track. In a time when a lot of software has become politically charged, it's perfectly reasonable to specify when that isn't the case.

> No software exists in a vacuum, even the license terms are a political statement.

Software doesn't exist in a vacuum, but not all licenses are the same. There are many licenses that don't place any restrictions on how the software is used. There are others whose authors relinquish all control or ownership. You may see these as political statements, but that would be corrupting their meaning. It's like claiming that atheism is a religion...

Whatever beliefs the authors have does not taint the software at all, unless the software itself is political or they make some political commentary. Communities created around software are political, as societies always are, but the software itself is inert.

The bottom line is that the Nostr project welcomes anyone, regardless of their politics. That is worth mentioning. If it attracts a certain type of political ideology, that has to do with the people who find the software appealing, not with the software itself.

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ioasuncvinvaer 5 days ago | parent [-]

> If it attracts a certain type of political ideology, that has to do with the people who find the software appealing, not with the software itself.

Or they find that this is the only place their politics are accepted. A nazi bar is not better than any other bar.

	▲	imiric 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		What place exactly? The software is a decentralized protocol that anyone can use. If you don't like nazis, don't go to nazi bars.