Closed source software is a Freirean banking method that forecloses user modification rights
Evidence
At the level of code, many digital technology companies, despite their support and use of open source software in some areas, also implement closed source software code that prohibits users from collectively inspecting, modifying, and distributing code in ways that align with their own needs and interests. While the closed nature of code is often taken for granted as a necessary means of protecting digital companies’ intellectual property, important arguments have been made regarding the political importance and economic viability of protecting users’ rights to study and modify all software code that they encounter. The Free Software Foundation, for example, has been advocating for these rights and supporting software projects that abide by these principles since the 1980s (“What Is Free Software?” — James D. Kirylo (ed.), Reinventing Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 525
Categorization
- XREF: Relates to the author’s standing interest in knowledge enclosures, intellectual-property regimes, and code literacy as civic power. — connects to: Closed proprietary code functions as a form of Freirean prescription over users — James D. Kirylo (ed.), Reinventing Pedagogy of the Oppressed:…, 529; Offering free digital tools functions as Freirean false generosity to entrap users — James D. Kirylo (ed.), Reinventing Pedagogy of the Oppressed:…, 536; Closed code blocks user communities from governing algorithms and data collection — James D. Kirylo (ed.), Reinventing Pedagogy of the Oppressed:…, 525 (+2 more)
Broader Connections
- Closed proprietary code functions as a form of Freirean prescription over users
#expands(0.93) — James D. Kirylo (ed.), Reinventing Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 529 - Closed code blocks user communities from governing algorithms and data collection
#expands(0.85) — James D. Kirylo (ed.), Reinventing Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 525 - Offering free digital tools functions as Freirean false generosity to entrap users
#complicates(0.78) — James D. Kirylo (ed.), Reinventing Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 536 - Free digital tools are false generosity masking data exploitation
#qualifies(0.75) — James D. Kirylo (ed.), Reinventing Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 536 - Decentralized networks shift data and software closer to users
#corroborates(0.72)