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There's the big gap between what's done and what should be done. As you say, software has been politicized, "From governments embargo'ing the sale of strong enc
by PeterisP 6y ago
There's the big gap between what's done and what should be done. As you say, software has been politicized, "From governments embargo'ing the sale of strong encryption to companies EULA'ing their products to stop them from being used to design nuclear weapons" it's not being treated as a tool but it should be, these restrictions that you mention are nonsensical and should stop.
If someone really, really wants to treat their software as political and restrict how their software can be used, that's their right, I don't like it but that's permissible - however, if someone (like Autodesk in this example) wants to treat their software as an apolitical tool that's free to use for any purpose, good or bad, by all people, good or bad, then that is also their right, absolutely morally permissible and to my mind morally preferrable to trying to politicize the tool and trying to limit its use.