Free software means even ISIS can use GCC.
On 1/15/20 12:48 PM, Roberto Beltran via libreplanet-discuss wrote: >> I put a camera inside my house so that I can see who is in the house when my >> family is not home. Kim robs the house, and the camera records him robbing >> the house. Is there a software license that gives Kim the right to obtain >> the source code to the camera software? > > Okay I think I understand better now. If such a license were to exist I argue > it would be proprietary for violating freedom 0 because, as Aaron Wolf aptly > puts "the goal is to just limit the software anyone can use as part of > surveillance software". > > Also quoting the free software definition: "The freedom to run the program > means the freedom for any kind of person or organization to use it on any > kind of computer system, for any kind of overall job and purpose, without > being required to communicate about it with the developer or any other > specific entity." I think a victim of surveillance would count as another > specific entity > > The software is being used ON the surveilled. The surveilled are not users of > the software. A surveilled person deserves agency over the surveillance > software no more than one would deserve agency over their mechanic's tools or > the software their accountant uses. To reduce this into further absurdity, if > I use the surveillance software to watch over a plant, does the plant deserve > the four freedoms? > > Mass surveillance is a important issue to tackle, but I think it would be > unwise to sacrifice software freedom to tackle it and legitimize a > proprietary license for this purpose. This especially since it doesn't even > really solve the problem. > > I agree with Aaron that getting laws on the books may be the best way to > fight mass surveillance. > > Kind Regards, > Roberto Beltran > https://libremiami.org/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > libreplanet-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss >
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