So? There is a difference between someone using your tools for evil and actively engaging in profit seeking with said evil doer in order to make money hand over fist.
Developer builds FOSS software free for anyone to use -> somebody evil uses it -> developer is evil by transitive property.
Is that really your take? It's called FOSS because it's free and open for anyone to use, that's the whole fucking point. Like seriously, what's your actual call-to-action here?
chobeat@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Linux is used extensively for military and surveillance purposes. Licenses don’t stop bullets.
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
So? There is a difference between someone using your tools for evil and actively engaging in profit seeking with said evil doer in order to make money hand over fist.
chobeat@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Contributing to genocide for money is evil. Contributing to genocide for no money is evil and dumb.
0ops@piefed.zip 2 months ago
Is that really your take? It's called FOSS because it's free and open for anyone to use, that's the whole fucking point. Like seriously, what's your actual call-to-action here?
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
And the people who maintain it are profiting from genocide as well, or…
MajinBlayze@lemmy.world 2 months ago
There is no ethical consumption under capitalism