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I strongly believe in the four essential freedoms, especially "(0) The freedom to run the program as you wish, for whatever purpose." To blacklist organization
by BitwiseFool 7y ago
I strongly believe in the four essential freedoms, especially "(0) The freedom to run the program as you wish, for whatever purpose."
To blacklist organizations from using open source would violate this.
If we allow developers/contributors to add conditions on who can use their code (ICE), or for what purposes it can be used (Can't be for immigration), then we establish a bad precedent. Just think of how many other passionate causes there are today. What if a conservative developer wants to prevent the DNC from using their code?
If you believe open source code is being used maliciously, then you should use the tools your society gives you to protest/shut it down rather than change the meaning of open source.