Hello all
I just wanted to share a link that I just found. It seems that Facebook is running a
campaign to encourage Computer Science students to earn academic credits by contributing
to opensource projects:
http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/13/facebook-partners-with-22-universities-to…!
I don't think Facebook should be allowed to do this. Imagine Facebook tried to pry its
way into Wikimedia: I would expect all of us to revolt. A for-profit organization taking
advantage of non-profit ideals??? MAKING PROFIT on non-profit? Would they even consider
converting THEIR project into an open-source one? Of course not. Don't Mozilla and
other Open Source Projects have ways of campaigning to attract CompSci students in their
own organisations? Why does Facebook have to be the middleman? I find it revolting... if
this is their idea of corporate social responsibility, I'll have to find away to stop
using Facebook altogether in reply.