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Re:Qt Could Go Proprietary, KDE Relationship and Qt-Based Fr... by enriquto on Monday June 01, 2020 @11:17AM (#23379436)
> Do you want to force every company

Dude, I don't want to force anybody to do anything. Even if it is unethical, nobody's saying that proprietary software should be illegal (except maybe when it is paid for by public resources, but this is another issue).

I'm just refusing to partake in the proliferation of proprietary software, by my acts, and by telling other people why they might consider to do so.

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Re:Qt Could Go Proprietary, KDE Relationship and Qt-Based Fr... by jfkebwjsbx on Monday June 01, 2020 @12:07PM (#23380013)
Then you are criticizing and boycotting the fair work of others without offering any way to improve the situation for everyone.

I don’t like closed software either and always prefer a open source product if it is good enough. But going to the point of calling "immoral" and "unethical" the work of other engineers who do sell their software as fairly as possible given the constraints of reality is a bit rude.

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