Text editors are typically apolitical affairs. Developers use them to write code, and that’s about it. But yesterday, the makers of the popular open-source text editor Notepad++ released an update with the codename: “Free Uighur.” This fateful decision has incensed many Chinese netizens, consequently turning a bland utilitarian tool into another fracture in the already-fraught relationship between the West and the world’s newest superpower. Notepad++ new release "Free Uyghur" edition (v7.8.1)https://ift.tt/2BYuDiI #HumanRightsViolation #China — Notepad++ (@Notepad_plus) October 29, 2019 At the heart of most open source software projects is GitHub, and it’s quite fitting that the front-line of this digital…
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