If you install and use proprietary software, you didn’t anything wrong.
\nA wrong is being done to you.<\/h1>\n

<\/p>\n

People think that we say that it is unethical to use<\/strong><\/span> a nonfree program.<\/p>\n

Many supporters ask whether it is ethical for them to use certain proprietary software.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, others condemn us for (they believe) attacking them for using the proprietary software they like. Both reactions are based on that misunderstanding.<\/p>\n

What we really say is that a non-free software is unethical to<\/strong> the user.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/gnu.org\/philosophy\/is-ever-good-use-nonfree-program.html <\/a>tries to explain this.<\/p>\n

People, could the hostile reactions you’ve seen could be based on that misunderstanding?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you install and use proprietary software, you didn’t anything wrong. A wrong is being done to you.<\/p>\n

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