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Re: referencing non-free software
From: |
Francesco Ariis |
Subject: |
Re: referencing non-free software |
Date: |
Tue, 9 Jan 2018 19:30:44 +0100 |
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NeoMutt/20170113 (1.7.2) |
On Tue, Jan 09, 2018 at 12:51:16PM -0500, Ilya Shlyakhter wrote:
> But don't you want users to choose free software consciously, having
> considered your arguments that non-free software is "unethical and
> immoral", and actively agreed with them? If users end up using free
> software simply by happenstance, because you prevented them from
> finding non-free software, then they haven't really accepted your
> arguments. How does that constitute the spread of FSF ideas? An idea
> is accepted when alternative ideas have been seriously considered and
> consciously rejected, not when alternative ideas were prevented from
> being explored.
>
> So the value of mentioning non-free software, along with a pointer to
> the reasons not to use it, is to ensure that any decision to use free
> software is made deliberately and consciously, after genuine
> acceptance of FSF ideas.
Even though I sympathise with your ideas, there is a practical value
in being economical with words.
Documentation needs to be concise and to the point, as a new user
I often feel overwhelmed; not sure docs are the best venue for
such matter
-F
- Re: referencing non-free software, (continued)
- Re: referencing non-free software, Ilya Shlyakhter, 2018/01/09
- Re: referencing non-free software, Ilya Shlyakhter, 2018/01/09
- Re: referencing non-free software, Francesco Ariis, 2018/01/09
- Re: referencing non-free software, Ilya Shlyakhter, 2018/01/09
- Why is it ethical not to write a program at all (Was: referencing non-free software), Dmitry Alexandrov, 2018/01/10
- Re: referencing non-free software, Dmitry Alexandrov, 2018/01/09
- Re: referencing non-free software, J.B. Nicholson, 2018/01/09
- Re: referencing non-free software, Dmitry Alexandrov, 2018/01/09
- Re: referencing non-free software, J.B. Nicholson, 2018/01/09
- Re: referencing non-free software, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2018/01/10
- Re: referencing non-free software,
Francesco Ariis <=