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| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/2637363 | May 21 19:28 |
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| TechrightsBot | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com reshared: ... and then Saint IGNUcius said:<br><br>**tumblr_mjowywqfJi1s41an5o1_1280.png (1280×1286)** • http://goo.gl/FUT0m <br> [  ](http://goo.gl/FUT0m) <br>#RMS #FSF #GNU #GPL #FOSS #FLOSS #SL #StIGNUcius #softwarelibre #freesoftware #freeculture #gnulinux <br><sub> - [via Dias | May 21 19:28 |
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| schestowitz | "Wow, what a nice graphic!" | May 21 19:28 |
| schestowitz | "PS Saint iGNUcius rocks! ;)" | May 21 19:29 |
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| schestowitz | http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/is-it-ever-a-good-thing.html | May 21 20:11 |
| TechrightsBot | Title: Is It Ever a Good Thing to Use a Nonfree Program? - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation .::. Size~: 11.69 KB | May 21 20:11 |
| schestowitz | " | May 21 20:11 |
| schestowitz | If you run a nonfree program on your computer, it denies your freedom; the main one harmed is you. Your usage of it can harm others indirectly, by encouraging development of that nonfree program. If you make a promise not to redistribute the program to others, you do wrong, because breaking such a promise is bad and keeping it is worse. Still, the main direct harm is to you. | May 21 20:11 |
| schestowitz | It is even worse if you recommend that others run the nonfree program, or lead them to do so. When you do that, you're leading them to give up their freedom. Thus, what we should avoid most firmly is leading or encouraging others to run nonfree software. (Where the program uses a secret protocol for communication, as in the case of Skype, your own use of it pressures others to use it too, so it is especially important to reject any | May 21 20:11 |
| schestowitz | use of these programs.) | May 21 20:11 |
| schestowitz | But there is one special case where using some nonfree software, and even urging others to use it, can be a positive thing. That's when the use of the nonfree software aims directly at putting an end to the use of that very same nonfree software. | May 21 20:11 |
| schestowitz | In 1983 I decided to develop the GNU operating system, as a free replacement for Unix. The feasible way to do it was to write and test the components one by one on Unix. But was it legitimate to use Unix for this? And was it legitimate to ask others to use Unix for this, given that Unix was proprietary software? Of course, if it had not been proprietary, it would not have required replacing. | May 21 20:11 |
| schestowitz | " | May 21 20:11 |
| schestowitz | "The conclusion I reached was that using Unix to put an end to the use of Unix was legitimate. I likened it to participating in small ways in some other evil activity, such as a criminal gang or a dishonest political campaign, in order to expose it and shut it down. " | May 21 20:12 |
| schestowitz | "The conclusion I reached was that using Unix to put an end to the use of Unix was legitimate. I likened it to participating in small ways in some other evil activity, such as a criminal gang or a dishonest political campaign, in order to expose it and shut it down. " | May 21 20:13 |
| schestowitz | "However, there are other nonfree programs we still need to replace, and the analogous question often arises. Should you run the nonfree driver for a peripheral to help you develop a free replacement driver? Yes, by all means. Is it ok to run the nonfree JavaScript on a web site in order to file a complaint about that nonfree JavaScript code? Definitely—but other than that, you should have LibreJS block it for you." | May 21 20:13 |
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