> I see little value to society in "maintaining a laudable and consistent ethical position" for any length of time if such a position does not help in actually

> I see little value to society in "maintaining a laudable and consistent ethical position" for any length of time if such a position does not help in actually advancing your cause. There's some implicit logical fallacies in there. There's a hint that if your cause isn't immediately advanced, then you should abandon your ethical position. There's the suggestion that your outside (and seemingly somewhat biased or under-informed) evaluation should be sufficient to convince others to abandon those positions. Then there's this claim that could best be described as asserting facts not in evidence: > Proprietary software is stronger than ever in part because non-Affero licenses do not require SaaS vendors to contribute code back to the community. As to: > Don't tell me what I failed or didn't fail to comprehend - facebook builds shadow profiles on people who don't have accounts, irrespective of whether or not they voluntarily provide information. Do you have a Facebook account?