So you are basically saying that being a bum is ethical. In other words, using others resources that might even be "blood money".
It is ok to use someone else's cell phone but it is not ok to have your own. It is ok to use someone else's windows machine but it is not ok to have your own. It is ok to write software and give it away but it is not ok to make a living writing software. A circuit is a circuit when it has a flash part but not if it doesn't. So it is ok for you to bum everyone's resources and that is perfectly ethical even though they are paid for by unethical behavior (aka writing code for a living). I tell you what, I find it unethical to use someone else's resources and relying on others to take care of oneself. You are basically saying I am not responsible for my own well being; others have to take care of me. It is unethical of them to not help me. Am I the only one that can not follow this logic? On Sun, Jan 06, 2008 at 11:18:15PM -0500, Richard Stallman wrote: > > I don't carry a mobile phone, but I don't see anything wrong in > > borrowing one from someone to make a call. > > So if it is a new model of cell phone and if the owner teaches you how > to use it and make life easy for you will that be > > 1) Wrong on his part to encourage you to using a device you don't use? > 2) Wrong on your part to take his advice and help to use it? > > Yes, that is my view of things. Using the phone could be convenient > for me. (I think it would be convenient for me.) But it also > perpetuates serious problems (totalitarian surveillance, as well as > proprietary software). These problems continue because people > tolerate them. To solve them, we have to stop tolerating them. > > OpenMoko will make substantial progress on both problems. I might be > willing to carry an OpenMoko phone, but I would keep its antenna > switched off most of the time. > > But some where ( just like you use take help from the mobile phone > owner to use it ) in the ports system are instructions to install a > non-free software which is not mandatory for users to use. > > The cases are similar, and my view on the two cases is similar.
