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If you were merely annoyed with someone and letting that be, then you tolerate them. Everyone is always ignorant of something, you and I included. Human rights
by meric 11y ago
If you were merely annoyed with someone and letting that be, then you tolerate them.
Everyone is always ignorant of something, you and I included. Human rights doesn't come into this. It's people pretending to be ignorant of nothing who I'm wary of.
- thatcat 11y agoThe which is freeer software decision and whether to tolerate the intolerant or not are both a paradox. You can't know whether you're enabling a net increase in freedom/tolerance or decreasing it because you're doing both and won't know the result until its too late. Either decision, like choosing any value, requires a moral compromise based on the realities of the situation.
- meric 11y agoI agree with this statement - I don't think they're analogous because each situation has a different reality. It's like saying "As a submarine commander, you should be able to command this space shuttle because flying a shuttle is just like commanding a submarine - both vehicles are surrounded by a hostile environment." But of course we know the two environments are not analogous like that - they have different realities.
- thatcat 11y agoCommercial software licenses and intolerance are both a result of the self interest of the individual in society and are a defensive measure that protects individual values from community over reach. GPL and enforcing-tolerance are based on community values that protect a shared interest against the interests of individuals.