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Re:The FSF’s relationship with firmware is harmful to free s... by idontcareabout on Sunday January 23, 2022 @12:39AM (#30043902)
why would life saving equipment be permitted to be proprietary in the first place.

how many people have died because they could not access it.

you speak as if proprietary causes no harm.

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Re:The FSF’s relationship with firmware is harmful to free s... by jimmyvalmer on Sunday January 23, 2022 @09:32AM (#30046387)
how many people have died because they could not access it.

It's only in the last hundred years that one's health couldn't be discussed in a transactional quid pro quo. Both humankind (300,000 years) and evolving life (3.5B years) never held that stipulation.

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