Open Source, Military, and Ethics

Should open source accept contributions from anyone? That is the exact dilemma that threw the NixOS community in hot waters. The NixOS Foundation is a software nonprofit that maintains NixOS, a Linux distribution, and Nix, a software build tool. Anduril, on the other hand, is a California startup that develops autonomous military systems. Notably, its surveillance drones and towers are being used to deport immigrants at the US-Mexico border, enabling ICE’s violence towards migrants (Mijente), while its strike drones are being deployed in Ukraine (Reuters). It also partnered with the UAE…