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> I don't want to have anything to do with Gotcha, and I'm not trying to be argumentative, but do you use his work? And if so, are you okay with using his wor
by rjbond3rd 15y ago
> I don't want to have anything to do with
Gotcha, and I'm not trying to be argumentative, but do you use his work? And if so, are you okay with using his work, but disagreeing with his ideas?
- gbhn 15y agoI don't want to speak for anyone, but while Stallman definitely thinks that using work created from a differing ideological perspective is seriously problematic, one shouldn't assume the same from people who disagree with him.
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- meric 15y agoFor someone who claimed in a parent comment, "...puts him firmly into that camp of people I don't want to have anything to do with", I would. "I put [X] firmly into that camp of people I don't want to have anything to do with, but I am fine with using [X]'s work for my everyday activities."
- cperciva 15y ago*but do you use his work? I don't think so. I certainly use a bunch of GNU code, but as far as I know he didn't contribute to any of it. It's entirely possible though.