[CS-FSLUG] The Moral Foundation of Free Software

[Fred A. Miller]

On Mon January 3 2005 3:35 pm, Aaron Patrick Lehmann wrote:

[snip]

> My practical concerns arose out of a stewardship concern.  The supposed
> immorality of using closed-source software has been breifly examined with
> regard to Microsoft (although not with regard to other closed-source
> solutions), but not in any great detail, or any systematic way.  This is an
> interesting question, "Are we responsible for the actions the entities we
> purchase from take, using the money we gave them in trade for their
> product?" I do not know the answer to it.  However, I think it is important
> to recognize that this is larger than Free v. Closed source software.  This
> is a general consumer ethics question, and should be looked at as such.

Now you're getting close to the page I'm on. :)

Fred

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