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Software Freedom Conservancy folks have good explanations for this, check their video presentations for arguments. Tl;dr a pacemaker runs a software that could
by type0 6y ago
Software Freedom Conservancy folks have good explanations for this, check their video presentations for arguments. Tl;dr a pacemaker runs a software that could be fixed with an update, but you don't have the rights to do this, no one has, since the company is already out of business, so the patient is screwed. That's a drastic example but clearly shows why the proprietary software is immoral.
- stormdennis 6y agoI'd have no problems providing source code if I thought the people I was dealing with would behave in a moral manner with it, to use your term.
- jfkebwjsbx 6y agoNo, it does not show anything. You are picking an extreme example in a heavily regulated field and trying to prove a general point with it. It is the knife fallacy again. If pacemakers really need software updates, then regulate that companies are required to provide the updates or release the code if unable to do so for any reason.