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When Stallman says "free software is an ethical imperative, because only free software respects the users' freedom", is he saying that I don't have the freedom
by jaekwon 16y ago
When Stallman says "free software is an ethical imperative, because only free software respects the users' freedom", is he saying that I don't have the freedom to create closed source software for my own benefit? Is he saying that I'm not respecting the end user's freedom by distributing closed source services?
With all due respect Mr Stallman, given those conditions I may not want to code at all.
- archangel_one 16y agoYou can't create closed source software for yourself - you have the source code, because you wrote it! But if you distribute that software to someone else, yes he holds that it is morally wrong to deprive them of certain rights, eg. the right to modify it for their own purposes. Given his apparent stance on non-Free software, I suspect he is not concerned if you choose not to write some. He certainly wouldn't have used it in the first place.