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I used to think the same as you, but I came around.

I am annoyed by the FSF dogma because they lay an exclusive claim on the word ethics when applied to software. I consider myself an ethical person even in software. But my definition of ethical is less strict than the RMS definition.

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>they lay an exclusive claim on the word ethics when applied to software.

I'm not sure that's a fair characterization. They've defined an ethical framework for software and then they discuss things being ethical or not within that framework.

Anyone is free to use a different ethical framework and decide if an action is ethical or not within that framework instead.

Personally, I'm annoyed by RMS because it's annoying when someone I disagree with on so many things turns out to be right so often. I think they call that "cognitive dissonance."

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