Um, I wasn't saying the comic was text-book logic of reductio ad absurdem. It requires a little bit of thinking to understand the context. So, let's get to the

Um, I wasn't saying the comic was text-book logic of reductio ad absurdem. It requires a little bit of thinking to understand the context. So, let's get to the bottom of this: GPL vs permissive isn't itself a moral issue, but making proprietary software is a moral issue. So, arguing against GPL in favor of permissive specifically because permissive software can help make proprietary software… that becomes a moral issue because you are advocating not just for permissive licenses but for the proprietary software they enable. For the record, I think in practice, the economic justification for proprietary software is acceptable if the proprietary publisher works especially hard to be honorable and not malicious in how they wield their proprietary power and it can be really shown that they couldn't get by without being proprietary. But just making money isn't an adequate excuse without those other qualifications.