Re:Reimplementing the Coreutils in a modern language (Rust)
by tmtvl on Monday February 13, 2023 @06:44PM
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> It should be forbidden to forbid.
That sounds a bit extreme, do you feel that way in all things (murder, theft, slavery,...) or only in terms of limiting the harm entities can cause through distribution of closed-source software?
Personally I feel like forbidding things is fine. It won't prevent bad things from happening, but it can protect us humans from our own psychological weaknesses. I think of antitrust legislation as an example.
That sounds a bit extreme, do you feel that way in all things (murder, theft, slavery,...) or only in terms of limiting the harm entities can cause through distribution of closed-source software?
Personally I feel like forbidding things is fine. It won't prevent bad things from happening, but it can protect us humans from our own psychological weaknesses. I think of antitrust legislation as an example.