A principle being out of touch with reality doesn't mean you get to redefine what the principle means; if you view its out-of-touchness as a mark against the pr

A principle being out of touch with reality doesn't mean you get to redefine what the principle means; if you view its out-of-touchness as a mark against the principle, reject the principle. What you're really saying is that you want the social benefit of claiming to adhere to the principle, while not actually adhering the principle. 'The west' does not own open-source any more than Putin does, and if you intentionally make your software non-open-source to send a message to Putin, that's your right, but you can't keep pretending to be open-source if you do.