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Re: Using proprietary software [was: Re: one-paragraph comments on s/w f
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Jean Louis |
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Re: Using proprietary software [was: Re: one-paragraph comments on s/w freedom being more important than tech niftiness] |
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Tue, 12 May 2020 16:03:54 +0300 |
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* John Darrington <jmd@gnu.org> [2020-05-12 12:28]:
> On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 09:34:50AM -0700, Kaz Kylheku (gnu-misc-discuss)
> wrote:
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> > However, using proprietary tools also isn't inherently unethical.
> >
> > (Also, if you're using tools to produce proprietary software (which
> > free tools cheerfully allow), the debate of which tools it is ethical
> > to *use* kind of goes out the window.)
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> You are correct. The GNU/FSF position is sometimes misunderstood on this
> issue. In case anyone isn't sure, let me try to summarize it:
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> Using proprietary software is NOT unethical. But it is unwise for
> a lot of reasons, and hurts yourself.
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> Producing proprietary software IS unethical because it hurts the people
> who will use it.
As ethics is personal issue, for me is using proprietary software not
ethical.