Re:Moral lessons from free software and GNU Emacs
by maccard on Tuesday December 21, 2021 @05:56PM
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Why is it not OK for companies to ask you to use the software on their terms?
Re:Moral lessons from free software and GNU Emacs
by legends2k on Tuesday December 21, 2021 @11:13PM
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They do with hardware too. Taking a problem with it depends on the end user. Many don't want the knife-seller to dictate how they should use it, what items are allowed to be cut, etc. Once the buyer buys it, they can do anything with it and take full responsibility in doing so.
Re:Moral lessons from free software and GNU Emacs
by matheusmoreira on Tuesday December 21, 2021 @11:05PM
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Because if I buy something then it should be mine and I should be able to do anything I want with it with nobody infringing on my freedom. The total opposite of these terms nobody actually reads where people sign away all the rights that affect the corporation's bottom line for the privilege of being allowed to enjoy the product they paid for and only in the ways the company deems acceptable, a privilege that they retain the right to deny at any time for any reason or no reason.
These corporations don't really want us to own anything. There's always a "license", "terms" or whatever. They're just generously allowing us to use the computers we paid for.