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Re:Ask HN: Can you legally deny selling software to someone ... by bhhaskin on Friday December 07, 2018 @07:57PM (#18633116)
Exactly. And the reality is if you don't take their money, a competitor will.
Re:Ask HN: Can you legally deny selling software to someone ... by kazinator on Friday December 07, 2018 @10:16PM (#18633670)
I don't agree with "if I don't perpetrate this harm, someone else will, so it's okay" because that pattern can be used to justify any harm. If I don't perpetrate this harm, and someone else does, the moral culpability rests with them and not me; and that makes all the difference.

I'm saying that doing business with people who oppose abortion isn't the perpetration of harm. We as a society do not economically ostracize people who hold a pro-life position. There is no need for some random software developers of some groupware to be doing that.

Re:Ask HN: Can you legally deny selling software to someone ... by tptacek on Saturday December 08, 2018 @07:01PM (#18638259)
We don't? Sure we do. We boycott all sorts of things. Economics and market relationships are one of the most potent tools people in our capitalist society have for effecting change.