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Re: Privileges and practicalities [was: Re: [ELPA] New package: repology
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Arthur Miller |
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Re: Privileges and practicalities [was: Re: [ELPA] New package: repology.el] |
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Tue, 12 Jan 2021 15:29:53 +0100 |
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Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:
> [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]]
> [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]]
> [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]]
>
> > It is a miscommunication, albeit on GNU project side. Not all humans have
> > possibility to use non-free software in all aspects of their life :-).
>
> Why argue the question?
It is important to have the enbaling option, i.e. possibility. If a
non-swimmer sees a drowning man in a lake, it is not unethical to not
jump into the lake to save the drowning man. It is easy to be righteous
for a well fed man in a cozy home having all
> > I think GNU project should tell people to use exclusively free software
> > *whenever they can*,
>
> It's possible you've been misinformed about what the GNU Project says
> to the public about using software. Have you looked at what we
> actually say? You can find it in https://gnu.org/philosophy/.
I haven't red everything; some. I must admit when I wrote the sentence
you quoted, I was thinking of that text (part 8.) I linked to, not of
the rest. It was the one that was the basis for the argumentation here,
so I just focused on that one.
> To start with, look at fsf.org/tedx,
I didn't know you had a ted-talk :-). Yes, I will watch it.
> https://gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-even-more-important.html,
> and https://gnu.org/philosophy/saying-no-even-once.html.
>
> > This is a bit paradoxical again. For the first, there is a slight
> > problem with saying that people's work is unethical, but not people
> > themselves. I understand what you mean, but I am afraid that a wider
> > audience is not that understanding.
>
> I think it is important to be able to condemn an act without
> condemning the person who does it. Nuances like that are important.
> To simplify them away would result in being too harsh on the people.
I think you are correct about that one. I was thinking about it more
later, and I think I was going to far there.
- Re: [ELPA] New package: repology.el, (continued)
- Re: [ELPA] New package: repology.el, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2021/01/07
- Re: [ELPA] New package: repology.el, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/01/08
- Privileges and practicalities [was: Re: [ELPA] New package: repology.el], Göktuğ Kayaalp, 2021/01/08
- Re: Privileges and practicalities [was: Re: [ELPA] New package: repology.el], Jean Louis, 2021/01/08
- Re: Privileges and practicalities [was: Re: [ELPA] New package: repology.el], Aldric Giacomoni, 2021/01/08
- Re: Privileges and practicalities [was: Re: [ELPA] New package: repology.el], Ulrich Mueller, 2021/01/08
- Re: Privileges and practicalities [was: Re: [ELPA] New package: repology.el], Jean Louis, 2021/01/08
- Re: Privileges and practicalities [was: Re: [ELPA] New package: repology.el], Richard Stallman, 2021/01/09
- Re: Privileges and practicalities [was: Re: [ELPA] New package: repology.el], Arthur Miller, 2021/01/11
- Re: Privileges and practicalities [was: Re: [ELPA] New package: repology.el], Richard Stallman, 2021/01/12
- Re: Privileges and practicalities [was: Re: [ELPA] New package: repology.el],
Arthur Miller <=
- Re: Privileges and practicalities [was: Re: [ELPA] New package: repology.el], Göktuğ Kayaalp, 2021/01/08
- Re: Privileges and practicalities [was: Re: [ELPA] New package: repology.el], Richard Stallman, 2021/01/09
- Re: Privileges and practicalities [was: Re: [ELPA] New package: repology.el], Arthur Miller, 2021/01/11
- Re: Privileges and practicalities [was: Re: [ELPA] New package: repology.el], Richard Stallman, 2021/01/12
- Re: Privileges and practicalities [was: Re: [ELPA] New package: repology.el], Arthur Miller, 2021/01/12
- Re: Privileges and practicalities [was: Re: [ELPA] New package: repology.el], Jean Louis, 2021/01/09
- Re: Privileges and practicalities [was: Re: [ELPA] New package: repology.el], Devin Prater, 2021/01/10
- Re: Privileges and practicalities [was: Re: [ELPA] New package: repology.el], Jean Louis, 2021/01/11
- Re: Privileges and practicalities [was: Re: [ELPA] New package: repology.el], Richard Stallman, 2021/01/09
- Re: Privileges and practicalities [was: Re: [ELPA] New package: repology.el], Richard Stallman, 2021/01/09